On 2013-01-29 17:14 (GMT+1100) Basil Chupin composed:
I have been knocking my head against the brick wall trying to understand how I can install multiple OSs with grub/grub2, and have used very, VERY, bad language directed at whoever came up with the concept of grub2!
I have sent this person to the lowest level of the lowest sub-basement of hell after I was stupid enough to believe the blurb that grub2 was the future and used it when I installed oS 12.2 :-( .
In trying to understand grub2 I came across this:
http://www.linuxidentity.com/us/down/articles/LSK_multi_distro_install_US.pd...
and the comment by Hans above re using the single command "grub2-install" made me read the above pdf again. And again.....and again....and again.....
(Whoever wrote that pdf article appears to have had it edited, or something, and it is not a smooth flowing article but possibly a combination of 2 separate versions of the article melded together.)
I am now starting to work out what is necessary to be done to harness grub2.
I am at a point now where tomorrow I will attempt to perform what that pdf describes has to be done to be able to install and boot multiple OSs using grub2.
Using grub2 sounds like a piece of cake.
But then, everything is easy when you know what you are doing, right? :-)
Tomorrow then is D-DAY!
Take a look at https://www.mageia.org/pipermail/mageia-dev/2013-January/022146.html and its thread before you start your D-day. It really does look at least theoretically simple; at least, if you aren't already intimately familiar with Grub Legacy, and you stick to the Grub2 scripts instead of doing it the old fashioned way as I do with Grub Legacy. Other than out of curiosity, I really have no use to spend time with Grub2. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org