From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RXtR8-0007a7-GA for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:43:53 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DCA2021C0A6; Tue, 6 Dec 2011 11:43:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E6E421C084 for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2011 11:41:50 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.69,630,1315177200"; d="scan'208";a="575102051" Received: from 213-152-39-90.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 06 Dec 2011 11:41:47 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.102] (unknown [192.168.1.102]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03656AC6E0 for ; Tue, 6 Dec 2011 11:35:15 +0000 (GMT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1251.1) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo: Grub, alternate GNU/Linux system on another partition From: Stroller In-Reply-To: <20111205234315.023b1336@hactar.digimed.co.uk> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 11:41:46 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <61A938AB-4CD7-4C00-82D3-5372B4583411@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> References: <20111205234315.023b1336@hactar.digimed.co.uk> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1251.1) X-Archives-Salt: c769b76e-bb35-470f-8d3e-82c089c715d2 X-Archives-Hash: 0d1fd0f72937f78737f0edb49db54851 On 5 December 2011, at 23:43, Neil Bothwick wrote: > ... > I wouldn't bother, Mint already has Grub2, which makes adding extra > distros a piece of cake. Install Gentoo, without a bootloader, reboot > into Mint and run "sudo grub-update".=20 This one. Everyone else who is replying is part of a conspiracy to = confuse and cloud the issue. What version of Grub you're using isn't so important as the principle = that *you already have a bootloader, so there's no need to install = another one*. Just skip the bootloader section of the Gentoo install = completely and add Gentoo to the option list of your exiting bootloader = configuration.=20 Were you installing Gentoo alongside an existing installation of another = distro that used Grub 0.9x (for instance) then this could be done (for = instance) by booting to the other distro and entering `mount /boot && vi = /boot/grub/grub.conf`.=20 Stroller.