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<B>Wolfgang Bornath</B>
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<I>Tue Dec 13 00:01:16 CET 2011</I>
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<PRE>2011/12/12 JA Magallon <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">jamagallon at ono.com</A>>:
><i> On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:39:51 -0500
</I>><i> Frank Griffin <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">ftg at roadrunner.com</A>> wrote:
</I>><i>
</I>>><i> On 12/12/2011 04:24 PM, Kristoffer Grundström wrote:
</I>>><i> > 2011-12-12 22:22, Florian Hubold skrev:
</I>>><i> >> Am 12.12.2011 22:15, schrieb Kristoffer Grundström:
</I>>><i> >>>
</I>>><i> >>> How to make it more easier to know which kernel belongs to which
</I>>><i> >>> distro&
</I>>><i> >>> version if you don't focus on the mga1 or mga2-part in the kernel-name?
</I>>><i> >>>
</I>>><i> >> That's why you can use titles as you want, to easier distinguish those.
</I>>><i> > And how is a newbie supposed to see that he/she can do so?
</I>>><i> >
</I>>><i> Newbies, for the most part, don't often run multiple distros on the same
</I>>><i> machine, and even less often have to resort to booting old kernels.
</I>>><i> When Mageia updates a kernel, it creates new entries with the full
</I>>><i> kernel name for the version it is replacing, but alters the existing
</I>>><i> entry for the replaced kernel in place.  So, as the initial install gave
</I>>><i> you a "Mageia" title entry for the installed system, this will always be
</I>>><i> set to the last installed kernel.  Also, Windows partitions are
</I>>><i> identified as such in the Mageia-generated titles.
</I>>><i>
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Side note... a 'problem' I always have to do by hand and EasyBCD...
</I>><i> Would it be feasible, when installer detects there is a windows partition,
</I>><i> add the Linux entry to the windows boot menu ?
</I>><i> Probably XP is easy, boot.ini is text, but for Win7 you must edit the
</I>><i> BCD programatically. Are there linux tools to do that ?
</I>
Is there a special reason you need the Windows bootloader? Normally
you let the Linux bootloader do the work, the installer detects all
Windows installations and inserts the proper entries in the menu.lst -
you can also set the boot default to Windows very easy (if you want).
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wobo
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