From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 11728158041 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:44:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 23738E2AEC; Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:44:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk (smtp.hosts.co.uk [85.233.160.19]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AFA5DE2AE2 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:44:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from host86-152-228-249.range86-152.btcentralplus.com ([86.152.228.249] helo=[192.168.1.65]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1reilb-00000000191-6SmM for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:44:07 +0000 Message-ID: <99cf0efa-8d39-417a-a31f-6e2f26a24be3@youngman.org.uk> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:44:07 +0000 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to set up drive with many Linux distros? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <980e5d0cacc6e8f17836a4b8b8ab45524e02170a.camel@krasauskas.dev> <6d739ab9-b9f5-4646-a832-82b9b847c5ae@cox.net> Content-Language: en-GB From: Wol In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b185e4de-795e-4b87-b0be-dbf41104c5ab X-Archives-Hash: dcfa45e1ca5b2723ed14d544374a26ce On 26/02/2024 20:51, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2024-02-26, eric wrote: > >> I agree, using the custom.cfg file would not work if needing to boot >> different kernels of the same OS and those kernels were being updated. > > The simple answer is to quit wasting time trying to multi-boot like > that and just buy a dozen USB flash drives. > And then, if USB isn't the default boot media, he might as well sort out UEFI boot, and multi-boot that way. Cheers, Wol