Am 11.06.2009 um 10:35 schrieb Felix Miata: > On 2009/06/11 09:20 (GMT+0200) Markus Hitter composed: > >> Additionally, if you have more than one installation of Ubuntu on the >> same platter, you really want to share /boot with both installations. > > That's asking for trouble, unless only one or fewer installations > actually > mount the "/boot" on /boot.
Am 11.06.2009 um 14:47 schrieb Derek Broughton: > > Additionally, if you have more than one installation of Ubuntu on the > same platter, you really want to share /boot with both installations. Be assured I wouldn't write that if this wouldn't have solved all the trouble I had with two /boot's before. It works without manual intervention for half a dozen kernel updates now. > Astute multibooters whose other options include a non-Linux OS do > _not_ place > Grub in the MBR. Better to make that the universal default, never > addressing > via MBR, instead leaving the MBR code generic, and using that > generic code > with a primary partition containing a Grub that _no_ installed Linux > automatially configures. My Grub primaries don't get mounted as / > boot by any > Linux installation. I have upwards of 20 multiboot systems, and all > use > generic MBR code. Well, as there is no "generic" MBR, what MBR do you use? The Windows' one? Mac OS X's, *BSD's? > I don't find having multiple /boot partitions to be a problem, but > normally > find one real "/boot" to be sufficient, allowing each of the / > partitions to > provide a home for one set of kernels and one menu.lst that install > scripts > can cope with. To get there, I both partition and install Grub on a > primary > using a live CD boot, _before_ starting _any_ OS installation program. Can't confirm that. Using the Ubuntu Live-Install-CD, an already existing /boot in one of the partitions isn't recognized. Manual voodoo is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. Markus - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dipl. Ing. Markus Hitter http://www.jump-ing.de/ -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
