Re: Loadlin and Squeeze kernel 2.6.32
Am Samstag, 7. Juli 2012 schrieb Camaleón:
> > Because it works for me. I've kept installs of previous versions of
> > Debian on separate partitions for reference as well as the fact that
> > by doing so I'll have a working install while getting a newer version
> > setup. Also when I first started using Linux I had Redhat, Slackware
> > and Debian all installed at the same time and would switch from one
> > to another while still keeping my DOS install working for the
> > important stuff. It wasn't 'til I installed Solaris and a couple of
> > BSD variants that I used a boot loader in the mbr and when that
> > drive died I never felt the need to go back to Lilo or grub. If
> > loadlin were able to launch the kernel installed with Squeeze I
> > still wouldn't be using grub.
>
> Thanks for the explanation. I asked because if what you wanted is
> keeping things separate (e.g., windows and linuxes boxes) there is
> another approach to consider (at least this was possible with openSUSE
> that allowed to install "generic code" into the MBR -I miss this
> option from Debian installer though-): install each GRUB in its own
> partition (instead the MBR) and mark with the "bootable" flag the
> desired partition with GRUB on it. This way you have as many GRUBs as
> linuxes installed to boot (thus if one fails you can go with the rest)
> and Windows is happy with this because you don't have to reinstall all
> over again the bootloader when (re)installing the system.
AFAIK this calls for block list based installation of GRUB 2 which is not
recommended cause it introduces the same issues than map file in LILO.
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