https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784930 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784930#c Karl Eichwalder changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|ke@suse.com |fs@suse.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784930 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784930#c2 --- Comment #2 from Prakash Chitnis 2012-11-16 06:17:27 UTC --- I am writing in respect of multi boot systems with more than one bootable devices. Option - Boot from Master Boot Record option is now quite clear. (That is if the /boot partition is on the same drive!) Option - Boot from Root Partition is still not clear. What happens if the Root Partition is not a primary partition on the disk first in the booting sequence, but is on a logical partition. It should be explicit that in such a case the Grub 2 has to start from the MBR. Am I correct? Option – Boot from the Boot Partition. There are two possibilities (a) /boot is under /root partition and (b) it is an independent partition. Are both situations same. Add to that the problem of the partitions being primary or logical! Option – Boot from Extended Partition leaves the doubt if it still requires writing to the MBR of the drive or can the BIOS find the boot loader in the Extended partition. Option – Custom Boot Partition: I suppose this is to cater for unusual cases like my need to boot from USB Flash Memory Drive, involving cross drive installations. I had to install openSUSE 12.2 on an external drive which is not bootable (thanks to Seagate policy of not making their GoFlex drives bootable) and therefore the necessity to boot from USB Flash Drive. However, I found this requires the /boot partition to be made on the flash drive itself else an error is reported that there is not enough space! Hence the remark in the first option. Prakash C -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.