Re: [gentoo-user] dual-linuxdistro-boot kernel question

[Holly Bostick]

Russell Slater schreef:
> Couldn't you place both kernels in /boot with different names and
> leverage grub to load the approriate one?

Yes. Afaik, this is the 'traditional' method, both within a single
distro with multiple kernel versions, and with multiple distros that
each have a single kernel.

If you originally set up both distros to point to the same external
partition as /boot, then there is no problem, as the kernels will both
be installed to the same /boot partition, and will most likely have
different names by default.

If, like me, you installed one distro with /boot as just a folder on the
/ partition, then installed the second using a separate partition as
/boot, then you likely have to do what I did and copy one kernel (and
associated files) to the /boot of the distro whose bootloader you're
using, but of course, if you have to do that, you can easily rename the
copied kernel to something unique, if for some reason it isn't already
uniquely named.

Edit your bootloader config, and you're done.

Holly
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