My computer
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Sun Nov 18 15:58:24 UTC 2007
John Austin wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 12:45 +0000, Garry Harthill wrote:
>
>> On 18/11/2007, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Timothy Murphy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Notice f8 has already got a new kernel and it was properly added to
>>>>> grub. This would not happen if the above was just added to the main
>>>>> grub.conf.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Why not?
>>>> I don't see anything special about your setup.
>>>> Most people just have one grub.conf and this seems to work fine.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It works fine if you are not getting upgraded kernel's. I prefer to
>>> use this method because it is open ended. I can add more systems easy.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
>>> Linux User
>>> #450462 http://counter.li.org.
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>>>
>> What the hell are you driveling on about?
>>
>>
>
> With great caution I agree with Karl here !!!!
>
> It is neater to use chainloader +1 if you have several different installs
>
> When you update the "chained" kernel the "chained" grub.conf is updated automatically.
> On one machine I have a "production" F7 and "development" F7 and F8s
>
> I do not have to play with grub.conf on /dev/sda1
>
> title F7 pagham (2.6.23.1-10.fc7)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-10.fc7 ro root=LABEL=/root_pagham
> initrd /initrd-2.6.23.1-10.fc7.img
>
> title F7 Indirect boot of harddisk
> root (hd0,4)
> chainloader +1
>
> title F8 Indirect boot of fuerte
> root (hd0,5)
> chainloader +1
>
> John
>
>
>
>
Thanks John, I may have learned the method from one of your messages
:-)
All I said ws I use it and it works fine.
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Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
Linux User
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