[CentOS] CentOS 7, not systemd questions

Wed Jul 9 19:48:49 UTC 2014
m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us>

Ian Pilcher wrote:
> On 07/09/2014 12:35 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us
> wrote:
>> Question 2: is grub still supported, or is there something that *FORCES*
>> you to use grub2?
>
> GRUB < 2 isn't supported, but it can be made to work.  I still use it on
> most of my Fedora and EL7 systems.  Assuming that you already have GRUB
> installed, the steps are basically:
>
> * Tell anaconda not to install a bootloader
>
> * After installation, boot from a different OS or live CD and manually
>   create a GRUB stanza for your new OS
>
> * Boot your new OS
>
> * Create /etc/sysconfig/kernel
>
> * ln -s /boot/grub/grub.conf /etc/
>
> The last two steps enable grubby to update grub.conf when you install a
> new kernel.
>
Interesting... can I do that with the preupgrade from 6.5? And I *rarely*
see grub updated....

      mark