Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Fri, 3 Dec 2021 23:26:29 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> I was cleaning out my /boot directory. It's on its own partition and I >> remove outdated kernels and configs etc every once in a while. I was >> noticing that I have two grub directories. Based on time stamps, I >> think I can delete the plain grub directory and I'm pretty much certain >> grub2 is the current and active grub directory. Is it safe to remove >> the old grub directory? Nothing in it has been touched that the time >> stamps show in a long while. The grub2 directory was when I did my last >> kernel update. >> >> I just want to be certain before I remove the directory. More info >> below. > Yes, but to be on the safe side, rename it rather than removing it. GRUB > will look in either /boot/grub or /boot/grub2, from your setup it looks > like it goes for grub2 first. > >
That's a good idea. I used equery f grub to see what grub installed where but it showed nothing at all for /boot. I figure grub-install puts all the needed files in /boot but I wasn't sure how to get it to list where it put them. The file isn't a script so I can't just peek into the file and see what it does. While I'm at it. When the grub package upgrades, should I reinstall with grub-install to update what is on the drive or is it safe to just leave it as is? I seem to recall a upgrade to grub a while back. It just dawned on me that while the package is updated, what is installed on the hard drive boot part with grub-install is still the original from ages ago when I first built this rig. Thoughts?? Dale :-) :-)
