On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:20:44 -0400
Felix Miata
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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