Greg van Slageren wrote: > <snip> > Hi Wit, > 'bootit ng' is similar to OS/2's boot manager in that it resides > in its own single track partition (8MB). Its not a Linux package > and probably would not interest those who prefer to maintain a 100% > Linux system. As such it probably should not be discussed here. But...
Well, LFS is really a "Linux/GNU" system, IIRC. Since much more than the kernel is involved in a system, there is no "pure" Linux system. So discussion of anything that gets things going seems appropriate to me. Plus, "Your system ..." also allows for that. > > Since I deal with several different os's (Linux and non-Linux) on my pc, > i use this as a single solution to my boot and backup/restore process. > > Once i've selected which Linux partition to boot, the Linux grub loader > goes through its standard process within that partition, to load and start > the kernel. The advantage of this is that each os is installed and maintained > within its own partition(s) and no OS touchs the MBR as this is maintaind by > bootit ng. Many os's 'fight' over the management of the MBR and as such > cause many problems for beginners. Geez. Sounds so rational, there must be something wrong with that scenario? ;-) OH! I know what it is. It fails to satisfy the "bigot" gene. UNIX bigots, Linux bigots, ... will all have objections to it. > > My pc looks like: > hda1 bootit ng 8Mb > hda2 eCom Station (OS/2) 2Gb > hda3 QNX 2Gb > hda4 XP 60Gb > > hdb1 Linux LFS 6.4 20Gb > hdb2 Linux OpenSuse 11.1 20Gb > hdb3 Linux LFS/BLFS 6.3 20Gb > hdb4 Linux Swap 4Mb > > For those who prefer to remain 100% Linux then GParted is probably the better > option. As it can be built along the standard BLFS process. IIRC, it's not Linux, but GNU? I've not looked for a long time, so I might be wrong. > > As for the learning curve it is fairly simple to setup and use. Have a look > at > http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/bootit-next-generation.htm I'm gonna do it. I'm getting ready to convert my laptop and I'd like to keep a _small_ Winblows on it for various reasons. Bootit ng sounds like it will fit the bill. Before anyone jumps in and hollers that I can do it with Grub and LILO, I know. I'm very comfortable with both and in a prior LFS life had multiple versions of LFS and Windows bootable from any HD on the systems. But it did take a little work and a lot of care when making changes. Bootit ng sounds superior. > > Greg Thank you Greg for the time you've taken to discuss this. -- Wit -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
