Booting from a separate USB disk is much easier to setup. Let the BIOS take care of it. Just remember to always plug the disk into the same port.
Have Fun! Reg --- On Tue, 9/4/12, Jonathan Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jonathan Adams <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI GRUB and Linux LVM (dualboot) support > To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 11:04 AM > On 4 September 2012 16:17, Jim Klimov > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I'm trying to set up dual-boot with OI > 151a5 and a Linux > > (Fedora 17) on my laptop, and I'm not sure if the two > OSes' > > bootloaders very much compatible. In particular, > chainloading > > from OI GRUB1 into Linux GRUB2 partition yields an > error about > > something "not executable". I can't yet tell if the > linux part > > was mis-installed or if GRUB1 can somehow refuse to use > the > > partition with installed GRUB2, or in particular if it > barfs > > at the LVM table (instead of a partition being an FS), > or at > > the ext4.... > > My system has the Linux Grub2 bootloader chainloading into > the Illumos > Grub as the default option. > > Jon > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
