On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 15:54 -0400, Michael Wiktowy wrote: > On 10/16/07, John Pierce <john.j35@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Probably the wrong list, but here goes. > > > > I have this working version of fedora 7 on sda, I installed mandriva > > 2008, for a test drive for the wife, on sdb. There was not an > option > > to omit installing the boot loader, I let it install it on sdb. > The > > question, can I make the grub on sda pass control to the grub on > sdb? > > If so, how? > > I know how to boot the beta of fedora 8 that I put on that drive, > but > > I cannot figure out how to pass control to the sdb boot loader. > > > > Any thoughts, suggestions or ideas are greatly appreciated. > > If you installed your mandriva bootloader on the MBR of sdb that > points to a /boot partition on sdb#, you can just add a stanza in your > Fedora 7 grub.conf on sda to chainload sdb ... just treat your other > grub like you would a Windows partition (without all the crazy BIOS > drive order swapping and partition hiding needed). The solution above should work but another cleaner solution would seem to me to be add a stanza for the sdb system to the grub,conf on sda. -- ======================================================================= Break into jail and claim police brutality. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
