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On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 12:23:28 -0800, Alan E. Davis wrote: |
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> I'm giving Gentoo another try, having been using Ubuntu for quite a |
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> while, and more recently Mint. I would like to be able to access Mint |
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> until the Gentoo system is working as I'd like it. |
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> I have gotten through the install, for the most part, up to grub. I can |
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> see how to edit the grub.conf file for my Gentoo partition. However, it |
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> isn't clear to me from the examples how to write a grub.conf entry for |
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> Mint's root (/) partition, on /dev/sda8. I am asking for advice on |
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> writing the grub.conf file. |
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I wouldn't bother, Mint already has Grub2, which makes adding extra |
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distros a piece of cake. Install Gentoo, without a bootloader, reboot |
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into Mint and run "sudo grub-update". It will scan your disks, detect the |
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Gentoo setup and add a menu entry to Mint's bootloader. It is even |
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sensible enough to recognise that the installation is Gentoo and name it |
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accordingly. |
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If you decide to dump Mint, you'll need to install Grub2 on Gentoo and |
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copy the config file over, but that's all. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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"Everything takes longer than expected, even when you take |
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into account Hoffstead's Law." - Hoffstead's Law |
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