On Tuesday 19 August 2008 20:27:04 James wrote: > On Tue, August 19, 2008 12:32 pm, Kevin Philp wrote: > > I already have 32 bit Ubuntu up and running on my computer and I am > > about to install the AMD64 version of Gentoo. I have a separate /boot for > > Ubuntu - should I use the same /boot for Gentoo or am I better off > > using a separate boot partition for each operating system? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Kevin. > > I use the same /boot but I created separate directories. > As long as you specify a path in your boot loader.
Just make sure that with multiple distros and OSes, that one and only one maintains grub. You don't want a situation where distro A uses an ancient grub and overwrites the shiny new one put there by distro B (of which distro A is utterly unaware) -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
