[opensuse] Re: Install or Update?
Rajko M. wrote:
I use new installation and expert options tab where I tell installer not to install grub. After installation is complete I add entry in existing /boot/grub/menu.lst
better tel it to install grub on the new root partition. so the grub line to add later, in the old good grub that is know to work (old install), is only a chainloader (+1) (clone the windows one if available). in that way one can change at will the content of the trial partition without changing grub again... jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 12 August 2007 03:23:00 am jdd wrote:
Rajko M. wrote:
I use new installation and expert options tab where I tell installer not to install grub. After installation is complete I add entry in existing /boot/grub/menu.lst
better tel it to install grub on the new root partition. so the grub line to add later, in the old good grub that is know to work (old install), is only a chainloader (+1) (clone the windows one if available).
in that way one can change at will the content of the trial partition without changing grub again...
jdd
By default GRUB will be installed in boot sector of partition where you install new system, but it will be changed active flag too. This works this way at least from 10.2. So if you want your old menu, you have to change active partition back to old one, as described in previous post. Than boot to that system and add manually entry with chainloader that points to partition with new system. This will give you your old menu first and when you select 10.3 it will pop up new menu. The way I do it will go direct in 10.3, but I can't see and test quality of second menu. I guess that I'll add new menu item 10.3 via chainloader to old boot, just to have that option too. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Rajko M. wrote:
By default GRUB will be installed in boot sector of partition where you install new system, but it will be changed active flag too. This
works this
way at least from 10.2.
So if you want your old menu, you have to change active partition back to old one, as described in previous post. Than boot to that system and add manually entry with chainloader that points to partition with new system.
This will give you your old menu first and when you select 10.3 it will pop up new menu.
The way I do it will go direct in 10.3, but I can't see and test quality of second menu. I guess that I'll add new menu item 10.3 via chainloader to old boot, just to have that option too.
Thanks everyone, for the help. I have 10.3 b1 up and running just fine now, and it sounds fantastic. Before I made the switch, I copied my /home directory to the spare disk, hda1, and was thus able to copy all my Thunderbird settings and mail store, Firefox favorites, etc., all to my new /home folder after all the dust settled. I even had no problem compiling a new kernel with my NVIDIA 3-D module. The only obvious remaining problem is that I need to boot from the DVD, and select Boot from Hard Drive in order to get 10.3 started. If I remove the DVD and boot from the hard drive, I get my old GRUB, and it offers only 10.2 versions. Is there a simple fix for this? I assume that the 10.3 installation didn't put the boot loader in an expected location, but it sounds like something that can be fixed. Starting it with the DVD in place is just a little annoying, since I'd rather use that drive to listen to CDs. Thanks in advance, Jerry in Bothell, WA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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