On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:30:38 -0500 (EST), Christopher Fisk wrote: > > The other way, which works especially well when you are continually > > adding and removing distros, is to set up your main distro normally, > > then install the bootloader for the other distros into the root > > partition of that distro, instead of the MBR.
> The disadvantage of this is that you need to have a working bootloader > on each partition, and if you install a bootloader incorrectly for that > distribution of the day, you can wipe out your existing bootloader. What fun is life without a little danger :) As with the other methods proposed, you should always keep a backup of your existing boot setup. > Certainly go with whatever you feel most comfortable with, but I'm the > type of person who would prefer to have all my kernels in one place. When testing distros, I prefer to keep the whole distro in one place, instead of mixing files from different distros in one partition. I have done it this way, but keeping them separate makes for easier removal. If you need to have two or more distros permanently installed, integrating them as you suggest makes more sense, although in that case, prefer to have the secondary distros in VMWare to save rebooting to get at hem. > Another advantage to this (Assuming the same version of gcc is used for > each distribution) is that you can use the same kernel for every > distribution. Some distros expect you to be using their, often heavily, patched kernels and may fall over when running without some of those patches. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 44: Advanced BASIC
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