Re: [sheflug] Multi distros?

[Ted <ted [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 28 March 2006 17:05, J Simpson V21 wrote:
>   "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

I am possibly wrong about this but to use chainloader I thought you had to 
install the booting stanza to the  partition you were booting..
..I have just installed Kanotix and I had the choice of MBR or partition...I 
chose partition as I use Fedora grub to boot my playingwith distros ..
I just added the chainloader to fedora and all was ok...

-- 
Regards
  Ted Wager
    Using PCLinuxos

___________________________________________________________________

Sheffield Linux User's Group -
http://www.sheflug.co.uk/mailfaq.html

  GNU the choice of a complete generation.