Re: Choosing default OS in multi boot system
On Mon, 2013-11-04 at 14:04 +0000, Kruppt wrote:
> On 2013-10-30, Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> wrote:
> > I've wondered about this or something similar. Has anyone tried having
> > each OS install their grub to their partition, rather than the MBR ??? and
> > then having a separate grub configuration that installs onto the MBR
> > which lets you chain-load each of the partitions (or LVs or whatever?)
> > My thinking is that the MBR-level grub will not need to be updated
> > much, and various OS's machinery built on top of grub to update when
> > you put a new kernel in, etc., are less likely to trample on each other
> > (or the MBR) if you have told them (or d-i or whatever) to not install
> > to the MBR themselves.
> >
> > Does that sound sane?
> >
> >
>
> Yes, I do exactly that, and have done that on all my computers
> for years. You can create a small partition to install Grub alone.
> Install Grub to MBR and later Grub stages to to this ext3 partition.
> All GNU/Linux distros installed on said system have Grub installed
> to their own root partitions. (chainload Grub to Grub)
> Or if it be a great hassle for you to create a separate Grub partition
> as you now have your drive(s) currently partitioned,
> just use the first Linux partition that has a GNU/Linux distro installed
> on the first drive to install Grub MBR and later stages to,
> and chainload the other Operating Systems
> installed on drive(s) from there.
I also do this, in particular since one of the OS is Windows 7 pro & it
does not play nicely with others LOL.
john
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