Re: sharing /boot among multible Linux distros

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On Tue, 26 Nov 2013 17:00:35 -0500, Javier Perez wrote:

> In theory, Ubuntu and Fedora will have their own partitions inside the SDD.
> My question is, can I share the /boot partition between Fedora and Ubuntu?
> both are using Grub2. Right now I have two /boot partitions (one on each
> HDD) and it is a pain. 

That's because your setup is wrong. If I were you, I would install a
bootloader into the boot sector of each of your /boot partitions and
chainload them from your MBR. [Alternatively, since both are GRUB2, you
can let the primary grub.conf menu load a grub.conf from a secondary OS.]

> For some reason, Ubuntu does not find out Fedora
> unless I mount the disk each time I update ubuntu kernel. If I update
> Fedora kernel I have to go to Ubuntu to redo the boot config files. (Yes,
> the master boot goes to Ubuntu for some reason  I do not remember any
> more).

Again, that's because of the setup that's inconvenient.

> I want to keep just one /boot partition of maybe 800 MB to make
> everyone feel confy.

That nothing I would recommend. ;-)
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