Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Monday 24 November 2008 23:04:54 Harry Putnam wrote: >> I'm just having second doubts about how to dual boot 2 gentoo >> installations. >> >> Can I just edit grub from the original install and add the appropriate >> kernal line like: >> >> title=kernel-2.6.27-r3-0x31a-1280x1024 >> root (hd0,0) >> kernel /kernel-2.6.27-r3 root=/dev/hda5 vga=0x31A video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap >> >> ## add this for new install >> >> title=kernel-2.6.27-r4-0x31a-1280x1024 >> root (hd1,1) >> kernel (hd1,1)/boot/kernel-2.6.27-r4 root=/dev/hdb2 vga=0x31A >> video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap >> >> >> I didn't want to just try it in case there is something I've forgotten >> that is likely to get screwed up. >> >> I'm not asking if the addressing is right, just asking if in general >> this can be done with no problems. > > You have the right idea. > > Make sure your paths are correct when you install. I see you have different > conventions on the two drives. Don't get confused :-)
Thanks but I'm not sure what you mean by conventions... do you mean differences like that boot is not a separate partition? And the install is already largely done but still from a chrooted shell with the original Installation booted.
