boot could write in menu.lst which version of ubuntu
Bug #136620 reported by
Andrew Frank
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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grub (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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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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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.