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Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:24:37 -0500
From: "Chris Thomas" <sruchris@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dual booting 2 gentoo installations
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It looks fine. You can also press e at the Grub prompt or boot to a
live cd if it isn't right.
-Chris
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Monday 24 November 2008 23:04:54 Harry Putnam wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> You have the right idea.
>>
>> Make sure your paths are correct when you install. I see you have different
>> conventions on the two drives. Don't get confused :-)
>
> Thanks but I'm not sure what you mean by conventions... do you mean
> differences like that boot is not a separate partition?
>
> And the install is already largely done but still from a chrooted
> shell with the original Installation booted.
>
>
>