On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Istvan Gabor
Andrei Borzenkov írta:
В Wed, 12 Nov 2014 17:01:11 +0100 (CET) Istvan Gabor пишет:
Istvan Gabor írta:
Here is what I would like to do:
Looking at it second time - why would you want it? What are you trying to achieve? At >the end grub-install does exactly the same - it installs mini-bootloader in MBR that >chainloads full grub from Linux MD boot partition.
Thanks. Here is what I would lie to achieve:
Previously, when I used lilo or grub 1/legacy I always installed the boot loader for the given OS on the root device of the OS. I installed another instance of the boot loader on MBR. This boot loader only linked/loaded the other boot loader on the root device. I lie this approach to make clear separations of different OSs. The mbr boot loader only list major types of OSs I can select. Eg:
openSUSE 12.2 openSUSE 12.1 openSUSE 11.2 Gentoo Windows XP Windows 2000
This bootloader would need to store configuration somewhere. Configuration can be either embedded or stored on disk. Embedding makes it more difficult to change configuration in the future. Where was configuration of your MBR bootloader kept in the past? I would suggest having dedicated partition for first-stage bootloader and its configuration that can then be edited using normal editor. This partition can be on Linux MD. Is it acceptable? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org