On 08/30/2013 04:24 AM, michael norman wrote:
I am running 12 3 64 bit. I am using Grub legacy installed in the root partition.
I am thinking of adding Linux Mint in dual boot mode. I have a spare partition which I keep for installing other Os's which I usually use to test new versions of openSUSE.
It is some time since I tried that with an non SUSE os.
Are there any gotchas I should look for doing this with Linux Mint ? Where should I tell it to put its bootloader so that openSUSE will see it ? Anything else I should worry about ?
Mike
I can't remember about the boot loader, but there isn't any other gotcha. I did just about what you want--installed Mint14-KDE on a disk that already had Windows and PCLOS-32 and had no trouble at all. I think that version used legacy grub, but I don't know what 15 uses. I guess I just let it put the boot loader where it wanted to, and then went back to my main Linux--PCLOS--and ran redo-mbr. Since then I also installed PCLOS-64--no problem there either, since that also uses the legacy grub. I don't know why they want to change that--menu.lst is nice and straight-forward and written in English, except for the address code section--I guess that's what it is. I don't know what theyve done to Mint recently, but I liked the version I installed, altho not to displace PCLOS. I also like Korora, altho the install for that is a dog. It uses grub2, but after booting into PCLOS on that machine, ran redo-mbr and now Korora boots fine without grub2. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org