My computer

[John Austin]

On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 12:45 +0000, Garry Harthill wrote:
> On 18/11/2007, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
> > Timothy Murphy wrote:
> > > Karl Larsen wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> Notice f8 has already got a new kernel and it was properly added to
> > >> grub. This would not happen if the above was just added to the main
> > >> grub.conf.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Why not?
> > > I don't see anything special about your setup.
> > > Most people just have one grub.conf and this seems to work fine.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >     It works fine if you are not getting upgraded kernel's. I prefer to
> > use this method because it is open ended. I can add more systems easy.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >         Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
> >         Linux User
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> 
> What the hell are you driveling on about?
> 

With great caution I agree with Karl here !!!!

It is neater to use chainloader +1 if you have several different installs

When you update the "chained" kernel the "chained" grub.conf is updated automatically.
On one machine I have a "production" F7 and "development" F7 and F8s

I do not have to play with grub.conf on /dev/sda1

title F7 pagham (2.6.23.1-10.fc7)
	root (hd0,0)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-10.fc7 ro root=LABEL=/root_pagham 
	initrd /initrd-2.6.23.1-10.fc7.img

title F7 Indirect boot of harddisk
	root (hd0,4)
	chainloader +1
	
title F8 Indirect boot of fuerte
	root (hd0,5)
	chainloader +1	

John