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On 12 July 2010 08:37, Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> 100712 Mick suggested : |
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>> install a separate boot partition with an ext2 fs |
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>> and install GRUB2 there instead of the MBR. |
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>> Then chainload it from your LILO bootloader menu. |
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> Thanks for your very prompt response. I'm not sure if I've got it right, |
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> but I can easily re-install Ubuntu with a /boot partition using Ext2 , |
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> then tell Lilo to look there for the kernel image. Is that what you mean ? |
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> Any other suggestions are also welcome. |
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Yes, that's exactly what I mean. I recall clicking on 'advanced' or |
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some such options during the Ubuntu install and it gave me an option |
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as to where GRUB should go. I chose the /boot partition and then used |
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the main OS boot manager to chainload Ubuntu's GRUB. |
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As was already suggested by John you can instead copy the kernel image |
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& initrd from the Ubuntu installation and place them in your existing |
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/boot partition, then point LILO to it. Doing it as I suggest you |
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will essentially have a mirror installation to your cousin's. |
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PS. I found Ubuntu easier to update/upgrade by having separate /boot, |
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/ and /home partitions. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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