Just to add one thing and answer one part, Fedora and Ubuntu ( aka Debian and children ) must format /boot to install correctly ( I think this is a mistake but what I have found ) so when installing leave "/boot" under "/" and used the change loader like suggested. Since this will allow for /boot to be formatted when "/" is.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Adam <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike Kershaw wrote: > >> 2) For each distro, do NOT install to the MBR. Pick the option to >> install the bootloader to that distributions partition only. (This >> will only work for distributions which are on primary partitions, as >> far as I know, but it's possible Grub will do some magic for you >> > > Here's what's worked for me: > > Partition the HD. At least 10G/distro (more is better), plus swap, and one > for common data would be nice. No need for /boot. For Linux, all of these > can be either primary or extended partitions. Windows, if used, must be on > a primary partition -- the first partition, I think, and should be installed > first. > > For each distro, install to its partition, have it use common swap > partition. Install its bootloader to that same partition, /not/ to MBR. > Repeat for each distro. > > Install Smart Boot Manager (OSS) or equivalent. You may have to boot from > a live CD to do this. > > Originally I had a common /home partition for all distros, but somebody > pointed out that this is not a good idea. If two distros have different > versions of the same app, any config files in ~ will be wrong for at least > one version. I intend to change things so each distro has its own /home, > but common data are in /common/downloads, /common/documents, etc., with a > link from each user's ~. > > With this method, there's no need to install all the distros at the same > time -- some can be installed later, overwriting an existing one if desired. > > Adam > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Oct 7 - Glade - Linux GUIs made easy > Nov 4 - Google Wave > Dec 2 - MythTV > Jan 6 - Git > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Oct 7 - Glade - Linux GUIs made easy Nov 4 - Google Wave Dec 2 - MythTV Jan 6 - Git
