[CentOS] GRUB, and how do I loathe thee

> m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> Thanks, all, and with the help of the other admin, the system is up.
>> What
>> I had to do was linux rescue, the chroot /mnt/sysimage, grub-install
>> /dev/sda
>>
>> What I didn't get until later was it also needed /boot/grub/grub.conf,
>> and
>> then
>> ln -s /boot/grub/grub.conf /boot/grub/menu.lst
>> ln -s /boot/grub/grub.conf /etc/grub.conf
>>
>
> I did not create either of those links on my system and it booted just
> fine.  I wonder what they are used for?

No clue, but a "normal" install creates 'em.

       mark