On Sat 10 Nov 2012 at 06:34:27 +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote: > I wish to use grub2 to multi-boot the following systems: > > => Debian "stable" (Squeeze) on /dev/sda6 > > => Debian "testing" (Wheezy) on /dev/sda7 > > => Ubuntu (10.x) on /dev/sda8 > > This is a "work" machine and my primary interest is "stable". But I > need to become familiar with Wheezy, which is about to become > "stable". I am installing Ubuntu as a safety net, because Ubuntu > developers seem to find a way to get all of the peripheral devices > working, even if it the resulting configuration is non-standard. > > I have read the Debian installation manual and I have searched with > Google, but thus far I have not found a HOWTO for such an arrangement > using a separate boot partition.
I cannot think of a reason for having such a separate partition. > I plan to update "testing" from time to time. Once Wheezy becomes > "stable", I plan to drop Squeeze and install the new "testing". I may > even update Ubuntu. > > It seemed to me that the proper approach would be to use a separate > boot partition on /dev/sda1, and to make it policy always to run > "update-grub" from "stable". > > I instructed the Squeeze installer to install grub2 to /dev/sda1. > I instructed the Wheezy installer to install grub2 to /dev/sda7. > I instructed the Ubuntu installer to install grub2 to /dev/sda8. I'd have installed GRUB to /dev/sda each time. Then, if Squeeze was not the last installation done and I wanted it to head the GRUB menu, I'd have booted into it and run grub-install /dev/sda -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121110131437.GC6794@desktop
