Re: [sheflug] Multi distros?

["Marcus D. Hanwell" <linux [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 27 March 2006 17:55, Matt Mitchell wrote:
> On Monday 27 March 2006 14:15, Peter Collier wrote:
> > Janet,
> > 	 AFAIK you don't use chainloader to boot up a linux partition. I suggest
> > using a text editor and copy the entry for booting up fedora from the
> > fedora's menu.lst. Erase the the entry you have for booting fedora in the
>
> You don't /have/ to use a chainloader to boot linux, since grub "knows" a
> bit more about linux; but on the other hand, if you have multiple distros
> installed, it would make more sense to have them booting as chainloader
> otherwise you could have some nasty problems when you upgrade the kernels -
> chainloader gets round this problem nicely, and is a much saner way to
> handle this type of thing
>
I would just go with the text editor. The GRUB bootloader is pretty simple and 
easy to use - see the guide on Gentoo's docs pages for some simple tutorials. 
What is written there will pretty much work for any kernel - some will need 
initrd and others will not. You could also use the chainloader if it is too 
difficult figuring out the correct boot parameters though...

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