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Re: [opensuse] Installing OS 11.3 - Partitioning
- From: Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:46:24 -0400
- Message-id: <4C4A6210.4030201@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 2010/07/23 19:51 (GMT-0700) Lew Wolfgang composed:
You have me confused. Did I write something that made you think I ever do a
full new install without having previous ready to fall back to? Unless my HD
is rather new and I've not yet had the time to do more than one install, most
of my disks have a whole bunch of previous installs to fall back to.
e.g.:
http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Dfsee/big31L04.txt (3 Linux, plus other; 2 HD, MD RAID1)
http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Dfsee/gx260L0c.txt (14 Linux, plus other; 1 HD)
http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Dfsee/m7ncdL0e.txt (13 Linux, plus other; 1 HD)
http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Dfsee/t2240L08.txt (9 Linux, plus other; 1 HD)
http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Dfsee/gx150L05.txt (13 Linux, plus other; 2 HD)
No HDs above have more than one partition that is ever mounted as /boot. Most
never mount any partition on /boot. All Linux are bootable.
Grub on MBR in conjuction with non-Linux OS installations is an invitation to
need to perform a boot loader repair from other than HD media. c.f.
http://old-en.opensuse.org/Bugs/grub#How_does_a_PC_boot_.2F_How_can_I_set_up_a_working_GRUB.3F
& http://fm.no-ip.com/PC/install-doz-after.html
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Felix Miata wrote:
Setting one partition as /boot in more than one installed OS is an invitation
for pain. Each OS will assume that partition is its duty to maintain. You'll
likely find mkinitrd programs building initrds for kernels that were not
installed by that OS, with quite unpredictable results. I've never found good
reason to try this myself.
I've been doing it a bit differently. I want to be able to do a full install
of a new OS while maintaining the option of booting back to the old one
if/when things go sour.
You have me confused. Did I write something that made you think I ever do a
full new install without having previous ready to fall back to? Unless my HD
is rather new and I've not yet had the time to do more than one install, most
of my disks have a whole bunch of previous installs to fall back to.
e.g.:
http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Dfsee/big31L04.txt (3 Linux, plus other; 2 HD, MD RAID1)
http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Dfsee/gx260L0c.txt (14 Linux, plus other; 1 HD)
http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Dfsee/m7ncdL0e.txt (13 Linux, plus other; 1 HD)
http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Dfsee/t2240L08.txt (9 Linux, plus other; 1 HD)
http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Dfsee/gx150L05.txt (13 Linux, plus other; 2 HD)
No HDs above have more than one partition that is ever mounted as /boot. Most
never mount any partition on /boot. All Linux are bootable.
I use the default MBR for booting.
Grub on MBR in conjuction with non-Linux OS installations is an invitation to
need to perform a boot loader repair from other than HD media. c.f.
http://old-en.opensuse.org/Bugs/grub#How_does_a_PC_boot_.2F_How_can_I_set_up_a_working_GRUB.3F
& http://fm.no-ip.com/PC/install-doz-after.html
--
"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
Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
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