grub2

[Patrick Dupre]

Hello,

In my opinion, it odes not matter.
after grub-install /dev/sda
grub knows that it has to read the file
/boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Then you can change it, it will use the chnaged file.
There is no copy of the copy in /dev/sdx


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 Patrick DUPRÉ                                 | | email: pdupre at gmx.com
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> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 at 11:07 AM
> From: "Klaus-Peter Schrage" <kpschrage at gmx.de>
> To: users at lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: grub2
>
> Am 03.05.2015 um 20:42 schrieb Paul Cartwright:
> > On 05/03/2015 11:02 AM, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
> >> Am 03.05.2015 um 15:59 schrieb Patrick Dupre:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> After I run
> >>>      grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
> >>>      grub2-install /dev/sda
> >> First thought: Shouldn't these two commands be interchanged?
> > no, you run the mkconfig FIRST, then install it in /dev/sda ..
> >
> >
> 
> I am a bit stumbled: I always thought that it is a good idea to install 
> a feature before configuring it ... Following Fedora's Grub2 
> documentation, I did it this way for quite a long time whenever I needed 
> to update my grub configuration:
> "The configuration format has evolved over time, and a new configuration 
> file might be slightly incompatible with the old bootloader. It is thus 
> often/always a good idea to run grub2-install before grub2-mkconfig for 
> some reason is run."
> But, I admit, in most situations the order of the two command may not 
> matter.
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