Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1898 mails)

[Thomas Taylor <linxt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:20:44 -0400
Felix Miata <mrmazda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2010/07/26 21:45 (GMT-0400) Edward Diener composed:
>
> > I am running OS 11.3 and I want to create a boot CD so that if my boot 
> > partition is moved I can still boot from the boot CD and re-initialize 
> > grub again. Is there some easy to use utility which will enable me to do 
> > this ?
>
> Multibooters commonly have no use for separate repair media. If one Linux
> gets messed up, simply boot one that isn't and fix the other from that. If
> you create a primary partition for a master boot loader (such as Grub) and
> never mount it as /boot, about the only way booting can ever get corrupted is
> if you corrupt it yourself by accident or incompetence. Just be sure to put
> each Linux' own boot loader on its own root partition, never on the MBR. The
> real boot partition can chainload, configfile or boot kernel/initrd pairs
> directly, all according to your own specifications and wishes.
>
> Those who actually want to boot other media for repair purposes have any
> number of live distros that provide the tools. Once boot is complete,
> (re)installing Grub can take mere seconds. Man pages online for Grub explain
> how easy it is to (re)install Grub natively.

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