how to tell where it booted from

[doug]

On 02/15/2016 06:42 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.
>
> Does the boot process leave any footprints behind telling where it 
> booted from?
>
> Rapidly losing what little is left of my mind...
>
> TIA,
> Mike Wright
Don't know if you have legacy grub or not. With legacy grub, you can 
change the names in menu.lst--put a 1 or 2 or whatever after
the description, and when you start up, the display will let you choose 
which is which. Your display at boot time will look like:

Fedora 1
Fedora 2
Fedora 3
Windows
Mint

and so on.