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Modifying GRUB2 Boot Configuration (CentOS)
The GRUB2 bootloader provides many improvements over its predecessor GRUB. This includes support for UUIDs, LVM, and RAID, and a more programmatic approach to configuration. In this hands-on lab, we have been tasked with updating the GRUB configuration and applying these changes.
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Challenge
Update /etc/default/grub
Use a text editor to edit
/etc/default/grub
and ensure that the following options and values are present:GRUB_TIMEOUT=45 GRUB_DEFAULT=saved GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true
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Challenge
Create a Custom Menu Entry
Copy the menuentry for a line that starts with
menuentry 'CentOS Linux (3.10...)
/boot/grub2/grub.cfg
and add it to/etc/grub.d/40_custom
.Once copied, remove the
rhgb
andquiet
options from the kernel line and change the title to Verbose Output Enabled. -
Challenge
Create a Backup of the Configuration File
Use the
cp
command to create a backup ofgrub.cfg
.cp /boot/grub2/grub.cfg /boot/grub2/grub.cfg.bkp
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Challenge
Generate a New Configuration File with the Changes
Use the
grub2-mkconfig
command to generate a newgrub.cfg
file.grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
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