From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L4icc-0001Rj-Ou for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:05:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A94AE07ED; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:05:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10273E07ED for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:05:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6677644CE for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:05:25 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -3.523 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.523 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.076, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id XyR2szPvRl0w for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:05:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 605CB644ED for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:05:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1L4icC-0008O9-2v for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:05:05 +0000 Received: from c-98-215-178-6.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.6]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:05:04 +0000 Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-6.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:05:04 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] dual booting 2 gentoo installations Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:04:54 -0600 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87zljovnrd.fsf@newsguy.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-6.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/22.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:1Hbe/NwPBY785edUmzs8ExKkSMA= Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 7dfda1b7-8a51-4890-b21b-cee77bd953eb X-Archives-Hash: dcfb618e7bd4a82201164b268e9887f9 I'm just having second doubts about how to dual boot 2 gentoo installations. Can I just edit grub from the original install and add the appropriate kernal line like: title=kernel-2.6.27-r3-0x31a-1280x1024 root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-2.6.27-r3 root=/dev/hda5 vga=0x31A video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap ## add this for new install title=kernel-2.6.27-r4-0x31a-1280x1024 root (hd1,1) kernel (hd1,1)/boot/kernel-2.6.27-r4 root=/dev/hdb2 vga=0x31A video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap I didn't want to just try it in case there is something I've forgotten that is likely to get screwed up. I'm not asking if the addressing is right, just asking if in general this can be done with no problems.