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Bug 1209962 - dracut man page refers to GRUB, not GRUB 2, grub.conf file
Summary: dracut man page refers to GRUB, not GRUB 2, grub.conf file
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: dracut
Version: 7.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: rc
: ---
Assignee: dracut-maint
QA Contact: Release Test Team
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-04-08 14:15 UTC by Stephen Wadeley
Modified: 2015-11-19 12:53 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-11-19 12:53:02 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2015:2091 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE dracut bug fix and enhancement update 2015-11-19 11:13:43 UTC

Description Stephen Wadeley 2015-04-08 14:15:30 UTC 
Description of problem:

dracut(8) man page refers to /boot/grub/grub.conf


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. man dracut
2. / /boot\/grub

Actual results:

In RHEL7:
The kernel command line usually can be configured in /boot/grub/grub.conf, if grub is your bootloader and it also can be edited in the real boot process in the grub menu.

[root@rhel7-server ~]# rpm -q dracut
dracut-033-240.el7.x86_64


In Fedora 20:
The kernel command line usually can be configured in /boot/grub/grub.conf or /boot/grub2/grub.cfg, if grub is your bootloader and it also can be edited in the real boot process in the grub menu.

[sjw@laptop ~]$ rpm -q dracut
dracut-037-11.git20140402.fc20.x86_64



Expected results:
The kernel command line can usually be configured in /boot/grub/grub.conf if using GRUB, or in /etc/default/grub if using GRUB 2, as your bootloader. It can also be edited during the boot process in the GRUB menu. Note that editing /etc/default/grub requires rebuilding the /boot/grub2/grub.cfg file.

On BIOS-based machines, issue the following command as root:

~]# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Additional info:
you are not supposed to edit /boot/grub2/grub.cfg in RHEL7

See : https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/System_Administrators_Guide/ch-Working_with_the_GRUB_2_Boot_Loader.html
Comment 1 Stephen Wadeley 2015-04-08 14:17:58 UTC 
Hello


If you point me to the git repo I can attach patches, once the changes are agreed.


Thank you
Comment 6 Harald Hoyer 2015-09-03 14:28:40 UTC 
(In reply to Stephen Wadeley from comment #1)
> Hello
> 
> 
> If you point me to the git repo I can attach patches, once the changes are
> agreed.
> 
> 
> Thank you

https://github.com/haraldh/dracut/tree/RHEL-7

Branch RHEL-7

ASCIIDOC file: dracut.usage.asc

I updated the documentation:
https://github.com/haraldh/dracut/commit/c850879b862058a644a05f8fe2fc2206e0e317e8
Comment 7 Harald Hoyer 2015-09-03 14:42:19 UTC 
dracut-033-338.el7
Comment 8 Michal Kovarik 2015-09-14 11:52:30 UTC 
Verified on dracut-033-338.el7. Manual page was updated.
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 12:53:02 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2091.html
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