-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2012-09-08 21:17, Jim Flanagan wrote:
Hi all,
I'm going to install 12.2 on my box. I have 11.4 on it and want to keep that install. I have that set up with swap, /boot and /. I have a seperate partition set up and will let the 12.2 installer format it. My question is how do I handle /boot. I don't want to loose ability to boot to 11.4. Should I just let the installer take care of things, or set up a new /boot for the new install?
What I do is tell the installer to put grub in the new partition, and not to touch the MBR, not to boot from MBR. After the installation this will not boot. You have to start your previous install, and in that grub and an entry like: title openSUSE Factory (/dev/sda9) via chainloader rootnoverify (hd0,8) chainloader +1 title openSUSE Factory (/dev/sda9) via configfile root (hd0,8) configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst Mutandis mutandi. If the installer does not select your prepared partition, tell it to do so, you are the boss. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.4 x86_64 "Celadon" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iF4EAREIAAYFAlBMP8QACgkQja8UbcUWM1wvfwD/cSSrEq44lqKssw+eEPXGWbyh OAukWGmF2TWTkfa/G6wA/iNFoRHZittoSKJgcBFwFoQE5HCztdlMY7uzCpB6D1Lc =Hz32 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org