[opensuse] Dual /multiboot openSUSE
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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 08/30/2013 11:24 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 ?
- have tried Linux Mint LIVE on an usb stick - seems ok { one can access ones /home directory from Linux Mint LIVE } .......... best regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 30/08/13 10:03, ellanios82 wrote:
On 08/30/2013 11:24 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 ?
- have tried Linux Mint LIVE on an usb stick
- seems ok { one can access ones /home directory from Linux Mint LIVE }
..........
best regards
Thanks I have run it from a live cd and in a vm what I want to do now is install it alongside openSUSE as I want to run some apps developed for Ubuntu which don't work very well in a vm or from a live environment. Regards Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 08/30/2013 12:14 PM, michael norman wrote:
On 30/08/13 10:03, ellanios82 wrote:
On 08/30/2013 11:24 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 ?
- have tried Linux Mint LIVE on an usb stick
- seems ok { one can access ones /home directory from Linux Mint LIVE }
..........
best regards
Thanks I have run it from a live cd and in a vm what I want to do now is install it alongside openSUSE as I want to run some apps developed for Ubuntu which don't work very well in a vm or from a live environment.
- booting from USB stick has the benefit of not needing to plan for grub changes - guess one can download, install, and store the apps developed for Ubuntu onto the Linux Mint LIVE usb stick : { seems 32 GB usb sticks not so expensive now} ............. best regards -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 30/08/2013 11:14, michael norman a écrit :
Thanks I have run it from a live cd and in a vm what I want to do now is install it alongside openSUSE as I want to run some apps developed for Ubuntu which don't work very well in a vm or from a live environment.
why don't you trust mint and go? It's the distribution of the year, seemingly :-) I didn't but installed plain ubuntu last week on an openSUSE/Windows 8 UEFI netbook, without any problem (ubuntu sees openSUSE but not Windows and seems to boot from MBR) jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 30/08/13 11:07, jdd wrote:
Le 30/08/2013 11:14, michael norman a écrit :
Thanks I have run it from a live cd and in a vm what I want to do now is install it alongside openSUSE as I want to run some apps developed for Ubuntu which don't work very well in a vm or from a live environment.
why don't you trust mint and go?
It's the distribution of the year, seemingly :-)
I didn't but installed plain ubuntu last week on an openSUSE/Windows 8 UEFI netbook, without any problem (ubuntu sees openSUSE but not Windows and seems to boot from MBR)
jdd
In that case when you boot up the machine does it start from the Ubuntu grub ? What I want is to have dual boot with Mint and boot control from openSUSE. You say ubuntu appears to boot from MBR, is that desirable ? MIke -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Le 30/08/2013 13:38, michael norman a écrit :
In that case when you boot up the machine does it start from the Ubuntu grub ?
What I want is to have dual boot with Mint and boot control from openSUSE.
You say ubuntu appears to boot from MBR, is that desirable ?
UEFI install is a bit special. usually the distro or windows get a boot entry in the bios, like any harddrive or cdrom, and the default choice is done there. openSUSE install complies with this sheme, after openSUSE installs, one have to go in the bios to choose to start from windows or openSUSE. After subsequent ubuntu install, the bios have an other entry, but by the hardrive name, reason why I guess ubuntu installed itself on the mbr. so after that I could boot windows, opensuse (knows about windows but not about ubuntu, of course), or ubuntu. The opensuse boot menu know about windows (previouisly installed), but not ubuntu (that was not installed). ubuntu knows about openSUSE, but not windows. I guess yast could find ubuntu to add it to his boot menu (or you can add it manually), but I didn't try it and I do nont have this computer at hand right now jdd -- http://www.dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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
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