-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Is a distro independent grub boot possible using a boot partition??? Hello, I'm trying to set up a boot partition on my multi-boot laptop using grub. But I must be doing something wrong. And I'm not sure if it can do what I really want anyway... I was hoping that if I properly set up a boot partition with grub, it would still work if I replaced the distro with which I originally installed grub to the mbr??? The laptop came with vista, though I seldom go there.I just installed FC8 from dvd. I have an existing kubuntu installation. And an very outdated mepis installation from which I originally installed grub. And I'm thinking of dumping mepis. I set up a boot partition (sort of) I copied mepis' /boot to it, modified both menu.lst files to replace lines consisting of: root (hd0,6) [ the mepis partition ] with lines containing: root (hd0,2) [ the intended boot partition ] I know it's using the vmlinuz from (hd0,2) because I temporarily renamed the one I had for the kubuntu in the mepis /boot dir and could still boot kubuntu... I also know I'm still using the menu.lst file on (hd0,6) because I modified one of the title lines to include the words "native /boot" And that was displayed in the boot menu. I suspect that to make grub use the menu.lst that's on (hd0,2) what I need to do is to mount /dev/hda3 on /boot while running the mepis that installed grub, and then do a "grub-install /dev/hda". But I'd like to confirm that before I wing it because unlike my old pc there is no floppy so I can't test it with "grub-install /dev/fd0" first. So I guess I'm asking if that's all there is to it? But what I really want to know is once the grub installed to the mbr is booting from (hd0,2) using the menu.lst from that partition, will it continue to boot from the mbr if the linux that installed it to the mbr is no longer there? Or will I always have to reinstall grub to the mbr from some other installed linux before I trash the distro that last installed it??? ############################################################# ##_if_you'd_prefer_an_clearsigned_".asc"_text_file_of_this_## ##message_as_an_mime_encoded_attachment,just_ask_me_while__## ##it's_STILL_IN_my_outbox_folder_._._._=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+;-)_## #gpg sig for: Joe (theWordy) Philbrook DSA key ID 0x6C2163DE# # You can find my public gpg key at http://pgpkeys.mit.edu/ # ############################################################# -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHoeJiRZ/61mwhY94RApa1AJ9kz/DKSNysknJNDDe+yrCrkDPfbwCgrCy3 8GDHhgNP5ckUgI/HotNFAiA= =rjVc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- | ? ? | | -=- -=- I'm NOT clueless... | <?> <?> But I just don't know. | ^ Joe (theWordy) Philbrook | --- J(tWdy)P | <jtwdyp@xxxxxxxx> | ? ?
