Ubuntu
grub package

boot could write in menu.lst which version of ubuntu

Bug #136620 reported by Andrew Frank on 2007-09-01

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #19040: Ubuntu Version Number in Grub. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	grub (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

when maintaining a system with more than one ubuntu version, it would be very convenient, if the menu.lst file would contain a note which version of ubuntu is bootet (e.g. ubuntu 7.04 or ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon...

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TJ (tj) wrote on 2007-09-01:

The running kernel version is determined with "uname -a". You can easily compare that to the entries in Grub's menu.lst to determine the booted kernel.

Modifying Grub's menu.lst isn't a viable method to gain this information.

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote on 2007-09-01:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #19040, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can add, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.