On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 4:02 AM, Vikas Mahajan <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 9 December 2010 14:15, 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, > > For learning and testing purposes you may use any virtualization > software like Virtualbox to create virtual machines of distros you > want to learn. All Virtual machines are stored in the form of files, > so you don't need any extra harddisk or partition to test new distro. > Also virtual machines runs parallel with host OS so you don't even > need to restart your pc to test new distro. But virtual machines > requires and consumes more memory as you are running more than one OS > simultaneously :) > > -- > Regards > > Vikas Mahajan > Website-: http://vikasmahajan.wordpress.com > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > Incase you crash your grub then either u can recover it from your live cd or from network where the distro is installed -- Happy Landings *Ankush* -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
