On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:08:21 +0000, Barry Jackson wrote: > Create a partition preferably near the start of the drive and label it > "maingrub" then:
Is there any technical reason why 'preferably near the start of the drive'? (Or perhaps simpy advisable in case of re-partitioning?) Does it e.g. have to be a primary partition? Well, I suppose I could give up Mga3-cauldron in /dev/sda and install Beta2 further along the drive, so as to make /dev/sda available, but it would be simpler to add 'maingrub' after the highest existing partition. > mkdir -p /maingrub && \ > mount -L maingrub /maingrub && \ > grub2-install --root-directory=/maingrub /dev/sda Executed in any running Mageia-3-Cauldron system (with GRUB2 package installed presumably)? Looks dodgy to make MBR point to 'maingrub' before latter has a boot menu... (Presumably the thing to do is put that menu there first.) All sounds a bit nail-biting, with high risk of a boot failure! -- /\/\aurice