[TriLUG] Grub help?

[Mike Shaw]

On 3/23/06, Jason Faulkner <jasonlf at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/23/06, Mike Shaw <mdshaw89 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > After installing FC5 and modify the grub.conf, did you run "grub" for
> the
> > changes to take effect?
> >
> > If not then do the following -
> >
> > 1) Boot up off of a rescue floppy/CD/usbkey
> > 2) Mount your disk.
> > 3) Type "chroot your mounted disk", i.e. chroot /mnt/mydisk /bin/bash
> > 4) Type "grub" and hit enter.
> > 5) After your prompt returns, type "quit" and hit enter.
> > 6) Reboot!
>
>
> Um, you're thinking of Lilo. You don't have to run grub for the
> changes to take effect.
>
>
>
Nope, I was thinking of grub.  I wonder why I have to re-run it on my
systems for changes to take effect?