On 2009/06/11 20:27 (GMT+0200) Markus Hitter composed: > Am 11.06.2009 um 10:35 schrieb Felix Miata:
>> 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 know what '"generic" MBR' is either. I was referring to generic MBR _code_, an optional feature of an openSUSE installation, and I'm sure other Linux installers. It refers to MBR code that works identically or similarly to the MBR code included with IBM DOS, MS DOS, OS/2 and Windows versions from two decades ago, which when installed finds an active primary partition on the first BIOS HD, if one exists, and transfers control to its PBR if it does, and prints an error message if a grand total of exactly one active primary does not exist. >> 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. I've never yet used a "live" CD, other than Knoppix, to actually install any distro. I've always found them to have installation options far too limiting for compatibility with multiboot systems. Another way to describe the behavior is that they behave much too much like a Windows installer, making assumptions that typically interfere with or otherwise damage the ability to boot or use working installed systems. -- "Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle." Proverbs 23:5 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- 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