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On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:47:41 +0000
Rhia Knowles <rhiadratech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Rhia,
> The official method, i gather is to open command prompt and run
> upgrade-grub.
Which as to get its instructions from somewhere, of course. That
somewhere being /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub.
> This rescans the /boot and will rewrite grub.cfg with the new Kernel.
It's not quite that simple. It also bases what it does on
templates/configs read at the time (see above). Some of those will alter
what switches are added to the boot commands.
> Annoyingly enough, this is supposed to be done automatically when you
> upgrade and install a new Kernel
And here at least, it does.
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