On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Dr. Parthasarathy S <[email protected]>wrote:
> I often experiment with multiple distros (for learning value), by > installing them on my machine side by side. I then get to use a > specific distro by selecting it through GRUB, at boot time. Is there > some way to by-pass GRUB altogether and boot a specific kernel > manually ? I need to do this, if GRUB gets messed up because of some > foolish act by me. In this case, the entire machine with all distros > becomes inaccessible for me and I need som way to enter the machine > and fix the problem. > > I would appreciate any clue or pointer. > > Thank you, > > partha > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > I am facing this problem too. I suggest that you use a USB flash drive and use Live versions of these distros (most distros have a live version, else you can make one from the CD image using the software at www.pendrivelinux.com ) If you still want to install the distros, you can have an external hard disk just for this purpose, so that you can install these distros on that hard disk and keep your internal hard disk error-free. -- Mihir Mehta, B. Tech. student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
