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Is time to switch to Grub2 ? +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I have installed both ubuntu and mageia with no problem with regard to +</I>><i> booting ubuntu. +</I>><i> You must have left ubuntu put the bootloader on the MBR. If you are +</I>><i> going to install several Linux distribution you should install the OS +</I>><i> on partitions and not on the MBR. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> On my PC I use xosl as a bootloader and always install grub on the +</I>><i> boot partition. A few years back I got burned when I forgot to change +</I>><i> the default. +</I>><i> One thing that pisses me off on all the Linux distribution, including +</I>><i> Mageia is that the fact that the bootloader is on the MBR is sorta +</I>><i> hidden and it is not obvious how to switch it to the partition. It +</I>><i> should be on the top with boxes with the choice of where we want it +</I>><i> and a message that is not cryptic and makes it obvious what that does. +</I>><i> That way I don't see where we could accidentaly screw up our system. +</I>><i> There is no problem if you have only one operating system to have grub +</I>><i> on the MBR but brain dead to put it there when you have several OS. +</I>><i> Specially when you have diffferent incompatible versions of grub. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The way I recovered the messed up boot was to boot on my xosl boot +</I>><i> diskette and restore its boot. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Here is the layout of one of my hard disks. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Périphérique Amorce Début Fin Blocs Id Système +</I>><i> /dev/sda1 1 1 8001 78 Inconnu <-- xosl +</I>><i> /dev/sda2 2 261 2088450 6 FAT16 <-- Free +</I>><i> Dos +</I>><i> /dev/sda3 * 262 276 120487+ 83 Linux +</I>><i> /dev/sda4 277 243201 1951295062+ 5 Etendue +</I>><i> /dev/sda5 277 750 3807373+ 82 Linux swap / +</I>><i> Solaris +</I>><i> /dev/sda6 751 765 120456 83 Linux +</I>><i> /dev/sda7 766 780 120456 83 Linux +</I>><i> /dev/sda8 781 795 120456 83 Linux +</I>><i> /dev/sda9 796 60000 475564131 83 Linux +</I>><i> /dev/sda10 60001 120000 481949968+ 83 Linux +</I>><i> /dev/sda11 120001 160000 321299968+ 83 Linux +</I>><i> /dev/sda12 160001 200000 321299968+ 83 Linux +</I>><i> /dev/sda13 200001 243201 347012001 83 Linux +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Michel +</I>><i> +</I>So the key point seems to be a separate boot partition, which links to +the root partitions of the different systems, which each have their +system-specific boot loaders. +That could probably be done with grub without too much problem, if it +can't be installed like that already. +(The initial boot step simply chain-loading to whatever system, as it +already does with ms-based systems.) +Sounds like a lot more stable approach. And it shouldn't take any +longer to boot to Linux. +Or maybe we should package xosl ? + +-- +André + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="011747.html">[Mageia-dev] Grub and Grub2 +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="011717.html">[Mageia-dev] Grub and Grub2 +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#11715">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#11715">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#11715">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#11715">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |