Tomod,

I don't know other distros handle this - I tend to only use ubuntu on my
desktop these days, usually using a few different versions at the same
time - to try out the dev version, betas etc..

I have a separate /boot partition which is not on LVM.

I have gone through the process of managing separate folders for each
linux installation, all in separate subfolders of my boot partition -
keeping their menu.lst file in their own folder
(/boot/gutsy/grub/menu.lst), and mounting the applicable boot partition
subfolder (/boot/gutsy) as /boot.  Then I would have a
/boot/grub/menu.lst file that uses configfile directive to open the
menu.lst from the relevant subfolder.  (/boot/gutsy-boot/grub/menu.lst)

This works, but is a pain since every time an OS updates grub, you have
to manually fix the generated menu.lst file.

I am of the opinion that grub should fix the need to do this.  Grub is
only needed because people want to install multiple operating systems on
a single pc.. so, why then can't it just work !  I realise that grub2 is
in the works, and should support boot on lvm, and other such features,
so I hope it will also provide a means for linux install to work well
with others.

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