Re: Dual boot multiple fedora verions

2014-11-25 Thread Andy Campbell
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 22:12:51 +0100, poma wrote: > On 23.11.2014 22:05, poma wrote: >> On 23.11.2014 21:57, poma wrote: >>> On 23.11.2014 21:47, Chris Murphy wrote: On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 1:40 PM, poma wrote: > Sure, > shared single /boot with a extlinux/extlinux.conf

Re: Dual boot multiple fedora verions

2014-11-23 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 18:52:51 + (UTC) Andy Campbell wrote: > Is there an elegant way to install two versions of Fedora at the same > time ? I always use a "stand alone" grub2 that boots from the MBR and has "configfile" entries to boot the different fedora versions I have installed in separat

Re: Dual boot multiple fedora verions

2014-11-23 Thread poma
On 23.11.2014 22:05, poma wrote: > On 23.11.2014 21:57, poma wrote: >> On 23.11.2014 21:47, Chris Murphy wrote: >>> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 1:40 PM, poma wrote: >>> Sure, shared single /boot with a extlinux/extlinux.conf >>> >>> That's a good idea also. Single /boot means one grub.cfg or

Re: Dual boot multiple fedora verions

2014-11-23 Thread poma
On 23.11.2014 21:57, poma wrote: > On 23.11.2014 21:47, Chris Murphy wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 1:40 PM, poma wrote: >> >>> Sure, >>> shared single /boot with a extlinux/extlinux.conf >> >> That's a good idea also. Single /boot means one grub.cfg or >> extlinux.conf. And the kernels each ha

Re: Dual boot multiple fedora verions

2014-11-23 Thread poma
On 23.11.2014 21:47, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 1:40 PM, poma wrote: > >> Sure, >> shared single /boot with a extlinux/extlinux.conf > > That's a good idea also. Single /boot means one grub.cfg or > extlinux.conf. And the kernels each have distinct naming conventions > between

Re: Dual boot multiple fedora verions

2014-11-23 Thread Chris Murphy
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 1:40 PM, poma wrote: > Sure, > shared single /boot with a extlinux/extlinux.conf That's a good idea also. Single /boot means one grub.cfg or extlinux.conf. And the kernels each have distinct naming conventions between distro versions so no conflicts there. Grubby will upd

Re: Dual boot multiple fedora verions

2014-11-23 Thread Chris Murphy
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Andy Campbell wrote: > Is there an elegant way to install two versions of Fedora at the same > time ? Not automatically. > p1 boot1 ( F19) > p2 boot2 ( F20) What you end up with in this case, is broken F19 right now because in the F20 install environment, t

Re: Dual boot multiple fedora verions

2014-11-23 Thread poma
On 23.11.2014 19:52, Andy Campbell wrote: > Is there an elegant way to install two versions of Fedora at the same > time ? > > I like to keep the existing version running, while I test/setup new > version, then swap when I'm happy everything is running ok. Previously > I've done with a boot lo

Dual boot multiple fedora verions

2014-11-23 Thread Andy Campbell
Is there an elegant way to install two versions of Fedora at the same time ? I like to keep the existing version running, while I test/setup new version, then swap when I'm happy everything is running ok. Previously I've done with a boot loader like Air-Boot ( http://sourceforge.net/ projects