how to tell where it booted from

[Robert Nichols]

On 02/15/2016 05:42 PM, Mike Wright wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I have several large disks filled with experiments and multiboots.  I
> need to make changes to the current /boot/grub/grub.cfg but I have no
> idea which one I'm using or which one of the systems' grub config tools
> were used so I don't dare just grab any old one and use it
>
> I've searched through seven VolumeGroups full of LogicalVolumes and
> can't seem to find the one I'm using.  Also combed through partitions
> that are not part of LVM.

In GRUB legacy, if you get the boot menu displayed, type "c" to get a
"grub>" command prompt, then you can enter the command "root" and
see which BIOS drive and partition is being used.

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