Re: multi-boot+grub2+separate boot partition

2012-11-10 Thread Brian
On Sat 10 Nov 2012 at 15:20:33 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > If my understanding of grub is correct, the execution of > "grub-install /dev/sda": > > (1) writes the various grub files to the "/boot/grub" directory of > the partition corresponding to the operating system which executes

Re: multi-boot+grub2+separate boot partition

2012-11-10 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Brian [121110 13:18]: > On Sat 10 Nov 2012 at 06:34:27 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: ... > > I instructed the Squeeze installer to install grub2 to /dev/sda1. > > I instructed the Wheezy installer to install grub2 to /dev/sda7. > > I instructed the Ubuntu installer to install grub2 to /dev/s

Re: multi-boot+grub2+separate boot partition

2012-11-10 Thread Brian
On Sat 10 Nov 2012 at 06:34:27 +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > I wish to use grub2 to multi-boot the following systems: > > => Debian "stable" (Squeeze) on /dev/sda6 > > => Debian "testing" (Wheezy) on /dev/sda7 > > => Ubuntu (10.x) on /dev/sda8 > > This is a "work" m

multi-boot+grub2+separate boot partition

2012-11-09 Thread Russell L. Harris
I wish to use grub2 to multi-boot the following systems: => Debian "stable" (Squeeze) on /dev/sda6 => Debian "testing" (Wheezy) on /dev/sda7 => Ubuntu (10.x) on /dev/sda8 This is a "work" machine and my primary interest is "stable". But I need to become familiar with Wh