[Ale-study] HELP: Linux(Centos) Boot Process

Paul Cartwright pbcartwright at gmail.com
Wed Aug 12 12:17:15 EDT 2015


On 08/12/2015 11:58 AM, Chris Wreh wrote:
>
> I am in the kindergarten stage of Linux(Centos) and I am trying to
> understand GRUB at the boot process. After I select my kernel and
> press 'a' to edit the kernel parameter nothing happen. There's no
> default parameter (e.g. *grub append > ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet*)
> that appear as illustrated in the book I am using. However, when I
> press 'c', it then take me to GRUB commands prompt as seen below and I
> don'tknow what to do from there:
> *grub>*
> Based on the above, I will appreciate your respond to the below questions:
> 1. Is there a reason why I do not see anything when I press 'a' to
> edit the kernel parameter? *NB: I actually do not want to edit but
> rather want to see what happen when 'a' is pressed*.
> 2. What specific command will I need to type at GRUB command prompt?
> 3. How do I set dual boot if I decide not to use Oracle VM.
google is your friend... typ "How-Ti edit grub boot command".. plenty of
hits..

https://askubuntu.com/questions/19486/how-do-i-add-a-kernel-boot-parameter

not sure where you got "a", to edit the boot kernel you type "e" for Edit..

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Paul Cartwright
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