which os on which partition?

[Goh Lip]

On 04/18/2011 03:39 PM, Doug wrote:
> [doug at localhost ~]$ cd /boot/grub
> [doug at localhost grub]$ grub> cat (hd0,x)/etc/lsb-release
> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

This is not done at terminal but at the boot grub menu screen.
Type 'c' when grub menu appears at computer start-up.
Then you'll get a grub prompt like this "grub>"

Then type
cat (hd0,x)/etc/lsb-release

'x' is areal number and (hd0,x) correlates with sdax
ie...
sda1 is (hd0,1)
sda2 is (hd0,2)
.
.
sda5 is (hd0,5)

That is if the grub is grub2 (version 1.9x) and not grub-leagcy (version 
0.9x) 'x' is a number.

Regards - Goh Lip