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> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:18:00 -0400
> From: Dave Phillips <[email protected]>
> Subject: [64studio-users] grub problem redux
> To: 64 Studio Users <[email protected]>
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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> Greetings,
>
> My notebook currently hosts two installations, a plain-vanilla Ubuntu
> 8.10 and 64 Studio 3.0 beta. The active grub menu is located in the 64
> Studio partition (it was installed after Intrepid). How do I ensure that
> additions to the bootable kernels in 8.10 get added to 64 Studio's grub
> menu at boot time ?


Is this possible at all?

I have always copied the new lines from /media/os_ubuntu/boot/grub/menu.lst
to /boot/grub/menu.lst.

(Supposing I'm at 64studio, have my ubuntu partition mounted
at /media/os_ubuntu and the active grub menu is located in the 64
Studio partition).

I just check that these new lines are exactly the same than the
automatically added
ubuntu lines except for the version number of the kernel. (I'm 90% sure that
it will always be so as long as you have only one hard disk and the
partitions are named by UUID).

>
> Also, does anyone know what is the accepted method of installing a new
> kernel with Ubuntu 8.10 ? I installed a 2.6.24 rt kernel, but it didn't
> appear in either menu.lst (64 Studio's or Intrepid's). Does the kernel
> installer not auto-update grub ? The kernel is definitely in /boot but
> it's a no-show even after update-grub on either installation. Any
> suggestions ?
>

When I have upgraded the kernel in ubuntu, I have been asked if I want to
maintain my current
menu.lst or I want to update it. If I update it, it's the ubuntu's menu.lst
which is updated, never the one of the other OS. I then copy the lines to
the active menu.lst as said above. Strange that it fails to auto-update, I
don't know.

In this case, i.e. if the menu.lst of ubuntu doesn't update I leave it alone
but I edit the active menu.lst in 64studio, copy the lines from the original
ubuntu kernel to new lines and edit only the kernel version numbers. Just
check the correct version numbers with for example "ls
/media/os_ubuntu/boot"


>
> Best,
>
> dp
>

I'm sure there are better ways to manage multi-boots, with an OS independant
boot manager for example. I just wanted to share my experience with you. You
are a teacher to me and I wish you well.

I hope the 64studio 3.0 installer asks if you want to write to the MBR or
not.

Cheers! Pablo
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