On Wednesday 23 June 2010, JD wrote: >On 06/23/2010 04:31 AM, Steven I Usdansky was caught red-handed while > >writing:: >> My vote is for one grub to rule them all, each distro's grub goes into >> / rather than the mbr, and the master grub just chainloads each distro's >> grub. I had been setting up the master grub to point to /vmlinuz and >> /initrd in each distro, but that involves updating the appropriate >> symlinks each time a new kernel is installed. Having come across a few >> distros that insist on installing a bootloader whether I want it or not, >> chainloading appears to be the only sane way to deal with them, even if >> it adds a few seconds to the boot sequence. > >You get a yes vote from me :) > Unforch, chainloading seems to be a black art. I found it easier to set the /boot partition in the grub stanza, and then point grub at that partitions menu.lst, grub.conf, grub.cfg whataever. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) You will be imprisoned for contributing your time and skill to a bank robbery. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
