Re: [sheflug] Multi distros?

[J Simpson V21 <hubblesimpson [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

  "Marcus D. Hanwell"  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...

Hi Marcus and everyone else,

I have just looked at the /etc/grub.conf,it wasn't what I was expecting (not what I had seen in fedora).  It only had three lines one of which was just the word quit.

Would it help if I listed where I thought everything is on my machine according to /dev/
and listed the /boot/grou/menu.lst and the /etc/grub.conf file?

Sorry, if I am making something really easy very difficult.

Regards

Janet


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