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It would appear that on Feb 1, John Summerfield did say:
Subject: Re: Is a distro independent grub boot possible using a boot
partition???
Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote:
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> Is a distro independent grub boot possible using a boot partition???
yes it is.
Create a small partition. For the sake of argument, we will assume it's
/dev/hda1
Format it and install grub's files in it. See the grub docs for detailed
information. Read until it becomes clear:-)
Install its boot record to /dev/hda
For every other distro, install its boot record to its partition.
The grub menu in the grub partition needs to point to each Linux distro
(and Windows).
You might consider adding a menu entry for each Linux distro (and Windows)
to boot the MBR so you can get back to the original menu.
Note that if you want to boot something not in the menu, you can go the
grub's commandline and do it there.
The only problem I see with reusing a Mepis partition is it's way bigger
than you need. 1 Mbyte should be enough.
Let me rephrase...
When I installed FC8 on top of the old Sabayon linux 16 gig partition:
/dev/sda6 I manually copied the /boot from the 16 gig /dev/sda7 where
mepis still calls it /dev/hda7. I copied that /boot to the 960 Meg
/dev/sda3
It is the /dev/sda3 partition to which I'd like to install grub
as a stand alone, containing only those files you say to install,
(once I have time to understand the grub docs) And the /boot I've
already installed there. {Including the vmlinuz & initrd I hand copied
from /dev/sda6 to boot FC8 with.}
I Still need to install a new updated Sabayon on /dev/sda7 Then I need to
use apt-get upgrade on the kubuntu installed on the 16 gig /dev/sda5.
I will need to do this before I've had time to properly study a stand
alone grub.
So let me now ask if I can safely just mount /dev/sda3 on boot in FC8?
Then run FC8's version of "grub-install /dev/sda"? So that when I install
Sabayon on /dev/sda7 it won't break the grub boot strap process in the mbr??
If this was my old desktop I'd have checked The result first with a
"grub-install /dev/fd0" and been sure it was what I wanted in my mbr
before I overwrote it... I'm just nervous about depending on a
cd or dvd "boot partition" menu option, if I guess wrong...
If I can, then that would at least buy me until I eventually upgrade or
replace FC8... which should mean at least 6 to 12 months before I need
to really understand grub...
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