multibooting linux

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Steven I Usdansky wrote:
> 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 do not debate your right to cast your vote. as it is a part of what many
countries have fought for for many years.

if it works for you, use it.


my question is how is it advantages over a single grub menu for all installs?


what i use;

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title Scientific Linux 5.4 (2.6.18-194.3.1.el5) sdb10
	root (hd1,9)
	kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5 ro \
          root=LABEL=/12 devfs=nomount resume=/dev/hdb2 \
          acpi=force vga=794
	initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5.img
##
title Scientific Linux 5.4 (2.6.18-164.6.1.el5) sdb10
	root (hd1,9)
	kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-164.6.1.el5 ro \
          root=LABEL=/12 devfs=nomount resume=/dev/hdb2 \
          acpi=force vga=794
	initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-164.6.1.el5.img
###
title Scientific Linux 5.4 (2.6.18-164.11.1.el5) sda1
	root (hd0,0)
	kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 ro \
          root=LABEL=/ devfs=nomount resume=/dev/hda2 \
          acpi=force vga=794
	initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-164.11.1.el5.img
##
title Scientific Linux 5.4 (2.6.18-194.3.1.el5) sda1
	root (hd0,0)
	kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5 ro \
          root=LABEL=/ devfs=nomount resume=/dev/hda2 \
          acpi=force vga=794
	initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5.img
####
title fedora 8  (2.6.23.1-42.fc8) sdb6
	root (hd1,5)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 ro root=/dev/sdb6 \
          devfs=nomount acpi=force vga=794
	initrd (hd1,0)/initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img
###
title Fedora 12 (2.6.32.11-99.fc12.i686) sdb8
	root (hd1,8)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32.11-99.fc12.i686 ro \
          root=UUID=f9c81025-1542-4f2d-baa1-34806e9c4235 acpi=force vga=794 \
          SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us
	initrd /initramfs-2.6.32.11-99.fc12.i686.img
##
title Fedora 12 (2.6.32.10-90.fc12.i686) sdb8
	root (hd1,8)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32.10-90.fc12.i686 ro \
          root=UUID=f9c81025-1542-4f2d-baa1-34806e9c4235 acpi=force vga=794 \
          SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us
	initrd /initramfs-2.6.32.10-90.fc12.i686.img
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[note: line breaks are for clarity here. not in actual grub.conf menu.]
[note: i do not have hibernate enabled for fedora]

by such, i have ability to select which install and which kernel from one
menu.

granted, i have to do this manually by coping from other mounted partition
when a new kernel is installed. but i do find this easy to do and takes less
than 2 minutes. and i get a faster boot than if i had to go thru chaining
and selecting a previous kernel if a new chained kernel fails.




-- 

peace out.

tc,hago.

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