Re: finding out what kernel was booted with grub...

[Josh Huber]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 04:31:31PM -0500, Wolfgang Sourdeau wrote:
> It's not lilo who creates the content of /proc/cmdline but Linux
> itself. Lilo just passes on some parameters to Linux, which Linux
> (happily) recognizes as such. On the other hand, you can pass any
> parameter to Linux, even ones which doesn't exist. In this case, Linux
> just ignores them while still putting them in /proc/cmdline. You could
> use this feature to differentiate your kernels. For example, you could
> add a parameter "kernel_image=<image>" to the "kernel" grub command.

Yes, I realize this, but LILO by default gives information that is
useful in /proc/cmdline.  Since GRUB has the ability to boot any
kernel in ext2, wouldn't it be a good idea to have this information
available somewhere?

ttyl,

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