Re: Two versions
Le dimanche 25 juin 2006 à 00:41 -0700, Jim Smith a écrit :
> Probably a dumb question.
> I just installed a new HD on this system and wish to try the testing
> distribution. I will install it in a partition of the new disk (hdb1)
> while keaving my old srage distro on the older disk (hda2). My question
> then is "Will Grub see the new disrtribution and add it or will it just
> overwrite my old boot sector and leave me unable to get back into sarge?"
The nice thing with grub is it has a nice command line that will let you
boot anything even if it's not in the configuration file.
I recommend you print your current /boot/grub/menu.lst on paper (having
it printed will help if you end up needing to boot by hand), study it
and read "man update-grub". Also make a copy of this file under another
name in case it is overwritten during install. It's not unlikely you'll
have to tweak menu.lst by hand in the end.
Any problem should be recoverable*, so chose a day when you know you
have some free time you can use for a possible recovery and go ahead.
Cheers, T.
*of course a bad human mistake like deleting your current sarge install
can happen.
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