Thanks. I'll deal with that when it happens:!) :-)~MIKE~(-:
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Hazel Russman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 6 Sep 2014 11:51:35 -0700 > Michael Havens <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Hazel Russman < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > You don't actually need a separate boot partition. What the > instructions > > > are referring to is whatever partition GRUB should go to to find your > > > kernel and other files. This could be a separate partition mounted on > /boot > > > or it could just be the root partition (in your case /dev/sda6). /boot > will > > > then be a simple directory, not a mount point. > > > > > > With multiple systems, each will have its own root partition. You could > > > deal with this by having a boot partition with all the kernels in it > and > > > mounting it on /boot in each system. Alternatively you can update the > > > bootloader in the distro where it's installed, with the root > partitions of > > > the other systems mounted on suitable mountpoints so that their > kernels can > > > be accessed. > > > -- > > > Hazel Russman <[email protected]> > > > -- > > > > > > > Thanks for the advice. How would I modify the bootloader? > > Following the recommendations of The Book, you'd have to hand edit > grub.cfg, adding a menu entry for each of your systems. You'd modify these > menu entries whenever one of your systems acquired a new kernel. Other > distros run grub-mkconfig or a separate update-grub script but The Book > doesn't recommend that. > > -- > Hazel Russman <[email protected]> > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > Do not top post on this list. > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style >
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