Re: Grub question: any risk in doing this?
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Anthony Campbell wrote:
> I want to use Sidux to install Debian on a Thinkpad Z61M which has
> Ubuntu preinstalled (and I don't want to lose it). Question: is it safe
> to let the Sidux installation rewrite grub?
>
> More details if required: I have Ubuntu on a primary partition
> /dev/sda3, with /home on a logical partition /dev/sda5. I want to keep
> Ubuntu because I am not sure if I can get wlan to work on Sidux; ditto
> suspend to disk.
>
> I am thinking of installing Sidux on /dev/sda1, previously a Windows
> partition. If I allow Sidux to rewrite the boot partition to install
> grub, will it still be possible to access Ubuntu, presumably by editing
> /boot/grub/menu.lst?
>
I don't think this list is the appropriate place to dicuss this issue,
but...
You have 2 choices. You can let Sidux install, and tell it's
/boot/grub/menu.list where to find Ubuntu, or you can choose not to let
it install the mbr and tell ubuntu's /boot/grub/menu.list where to find
Sidux. AFAIK, the Sidux installer will let you define the other OS
during the install so you don't have to modify files manually (but do
check anyway).
What I do? I keep a private /boot partition and always use my boot
partition, so if one of my distro's update, I have to tell grub to
rewrite the mbr to use my partition. This is done with:
#grub
grub> root (hd0,0)
grub> setup (hd0)
grub> quit
Keep in mind that if either system updates it's kernel, you will need to
modify the menu.lst that you normally use to boot so that it points to
the new kernel, whichever method you pick.
Joe
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