Re: [gentoo-user] basic grub question

Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:

> On 15/06/2016 13:50, covici@××××××××××.com wrote:
> > Hi.  I am looking at grub2 as a possible boot loader -- I have been
> > using lilo for years, but one thing puzzles me -- there seems to be no
> > grub command, I don't see it in the list of files and typing grub does
> > nothing.  I have not run grub-install yet, but I would like to know what
> > is happening.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> >
>
>
> There has never been a command called grub in any version as it's not
> lilo. There is simply no commonality between lilo and grub, so I
> suggest you forget everything you know about lilo when studying grub.
>
> You ask a very basic question. That is best answered by finding
> articles on grub on gentoo wiki, reading them then coming back with
> more specific questions if any
>

But the manual and the html pages constantly talk about the grub command
or rather the grub interactive command, and they usually call it grub,
maybe it has a different name.

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