as stated, grub got it wrong, i had to do it right. grub has never correctly setup other installs. i was hoping it might have been improved, but true as every other version of grub, grub can not do what it should. one more reason i have also said before no, and continue to, it stinks. only one good thing about grub is that you can temporarily edit it during boot. Gustavo Eli wrote: > For that reason you have to know that operating systems you have > installed, that partitions you have in your hard disk, and that partitions > you have in your operating systems, you must know your system, sometimes > grub it does not take into account many configurations and it is necessary > to do it manually, for that reason he is recommendable to know the > partitions well. > > Gustavo Eli Pelcastre H. > >> when i install fedora 10 on this box, already a quad boot, f10 thought it >> was >> only system. when i selected to install a start for another install, it >> did >> so. but true to form, it did not work. so i manually edited grub.conf and >> set it up as i wanted and anaconda has never been able to do. >> >> >> Gustavo Eli wrote: >>> For that reason, it is necessary to keep the configurations from grub. >>> >>> Gustavo Eli Pelcastre H. >>> >>>> Sure - but when you install kernel updates on one or the other, then >>>> tend to trample the bootloader in mbr >>>> >>>> Craig >>>> >>>> On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 17:12 +0000, Gustavo Eli wrote: >>>>> Fedora is very likely to recognize the partition in the installation >>>>> and >>>>> add the grub, and to check the type of grub partitions have been >>>>> installed. >>>>> >>>>> Gustavo Eli Pelcastre H. >>>>> >>>>>> I think I may have solved the mystery of my wireless problems - I'll >>>>>> report >>>>>> back in a few hours when I'm more sure. Meanwhile, I'm now about to >>>>>> reinstall >>>>>> Fedora. I'd like, if possible, to keep Linpus Lite, as I found that >>>>>> having >>>>>> the easy interface on the EeePC was very useful when strangers were >>>>>> curious >>>>>> about it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Linpus appears to be using about 8GB, so I figure that if I shrink >>>>>> its >>>>>> partition to 12GB that should be plenty for anything I'll ever need. >>>>> I'll >>>>>> then do a custom install of Fedora. I've not done a dual install >>>>>> like >>>>>> this >>>>>> before (apart from windows dual-boot). Can I expect that grub will >>>>>> recognise >>>>>> and set up the Linpus installation, or am I likely to have to do some >>>>>> jiggery- >>>>>> pokery to get things going? If there are any problems I want to know >>>>>> about >>>>>> them before I start :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> Anne >>>>>> -- >>>>>> fedora-list mailing list >>>>>> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>>>>> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >>>>>> Guidelines: >>>>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines >>>> -- >>>> fedora-list mailing list >>>> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>>> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >>>> Guidelines: >>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines >>>> >> >> peace out. >> >> tc,hago. >> >> g >> . >> >> **** >> in a free world without fences, who needs gates. >> ** >> help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today >> ** >> to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; >> to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look at* it. >> ** >> learn linux: >> 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html >> 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ >> 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html >> 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ >> **** >> >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >> Guidelines: >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- suggestions? pointers? links? tia. -- peace out. tc,hago. g . **** in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ** help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today ** to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look at* it. ** learn linux: 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ ****
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