Don't know if this is a "better" way or not, it just works for me.
- Install your main, stable distro in hda1, put all your grub stuff there in it's /boot (no particular need for it to be a separate partition). Make several entries in menu.lst like "Linux - hda5" and so forth. That way whatever is in the upper partitions is always bootable with no changes to grub, MBR or menu.lst. - Put /home in hda2 - Put <swap> in hda3 - Put numerous partitions for other distros in hda5 - hdaxx You can play with the other distros to heart's content, but always have a good distro (hda1) to come back to to fix problems or when you actually need to get some work done :-) In the main distro, mount the other distros file systems in /mnt/hda5, for example. That way you can use the good one to fix the others if need be. If you think you might ever want DOS/Win on the machine, hda1 can be reserved for that and then just shift everything down. (In this case use dos fdisk to create hda1 and then your favorite Linux partitioning tool to make all the other partitions). Collins wrote: > Thanks for all the corrections David; I've squirreled them away for > future use. I don't do any of the above from Windows. I just use the > Windows fatx partition as a handy place to store the stuff that grub > needs for boot. This partition (hda1) is always there, whereas my linux > partitions may disappear any time I feel like installing a new distro. > grub wouldn't be too happy looking for its stuff on hda7 (for example) > when I've just wiped that partition for a new install. > > If you know a better way to do this as well, I'm open for suggestions. > > Thanks, -- Michael R. Hipp Microsoft Windows XP: Just say no. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
