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Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> writes: |
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> On Monday 24 November 2008 23:04:54 Harry Putnam wrote: |
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>> I'm just having second doubts about how to dual boot 2 gentoo |
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>> installations. |
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>> Can I just edit grub from the original install and add the appropriate |
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>> kernal line like: |
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>> title=kernel-2.6.27-r3-0x31a-1280x1024 |
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>> root (hd0,0) |
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>> kernel /kernel-2.6.27-r3 root=/dev/hda5 vga=0x31A video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap |
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>> ## add this for new install |
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>> title=kernel-2.6.27-r4-0x31a-1280x1024 |
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>> root (hd1,1) |
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>> kernel (hd1,1)/boot/kernel-2.6.27-r4 root=/dev/hdb2 vga=0x31A |
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>> video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap |
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>> I didn't want to just try it in case there is something I've forgotten |
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>> that is likely to get screwed up. |
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>> I'm not asking if the addressing is right, just asking if in general |
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>> this can be done with no problems. |
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> You have the right idea. |
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> Make sure your paths are correct when you install. I see you have different |
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> conventions on the two drives. Don't get confused :-) |
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Thanks but I'm not sure what you mean by conventions... do you mean |
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differences like that boot is not a separate partition? |
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And the install is already largely done but still from a chrooted |
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shell with the original Installation booted. |
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