Am Samstag, 7. Juli 2012 schrieb Camaleón: > > Because it works for me. I've kept installs of previous versions of > > Debian on separate partitions for reference as well as the fact that > > by doing so I'll have a working install while getting a newer version > > setup. Also when I first started using Linux I had Redhat, Slackware > > and Debian all installed at the same time and would switch from one > > to another while still keeping my DOS install working for the > > important stuff. It wasn't 'til I installed Solaris and a couple of > > BSD variants that I used a boot loader in the mbr and when that > > drive died I never felt the need to go back to Lilo or grub. If > > loadlin were able to launch the kernel installed with Squeeze I > > still wouldn't be using grub. > > Thanks for the explanation. I asked because if what you wanted is > keeping things separate (e.g., windows and linuxes boxes) there is > another approach to consider (at least this was possible with openSUSE > that allowed to install "generic code" into the MBR -I miss this > option from Debian installer though-): install each GRUB in its own > partition (instead the MBR) and mark with the "bootable" flag the > desired partition with GRUB on it. This way you have as many GRUBs as > linuxes installed to boot (thus if one fails you can go with the rest) > and Windows is happy with this because you don't have to reinstall all > over again the bootloader when (re)installing the system.
AFAIK this calls for block list based installation of GRUB 2 which is not recommended cause it introduces the same issues than map file in LILO. -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
