On 23.11.2014 19:52, Andy Campbell wrote: > Is there an elegant way to install two versions of Fedora at the same > time ? > > I like to keep the existing version running, while I test/setup new > version, then swap when I'm happy everything is running ok. Previously > I've done with a boot loader like Air-Boot ( http://sourceforge.net/ > projects/air-boot/ ) and partitioned my hard drive with > > p1 boot1 ( F19) > p2 boot2 ( F20) > p3 LVM > / for F19 > / for F20 > /home > ... > > Then told the installer to use the relevant /boot to install the > bootloader. However that sort of broke from F18 and I've had to use the > workaround in bug 872826 to get that to work. > > Can I just use grub2 ? to manage booting, I guess one version of F20 will > have to be the owner. How will updates work, can they both update the > grub2 config when the kernel is updated ? I've googled around and not > really found any simple solutions. This artificial looks possible, but > seem to require some manual fiddling around https:// > www.happyassassin.net/2014/01/08/how-to-do-manual-multi-boot- > configuration-with-fedora/ > > I don't think its too much of a mad idea to want to do a staged upgrade > to next version, and I quite like have a clean install to get rid of all > the stuff I've installed just to play with. > > - Any suggestions, or link's I haven't found. > > Thanks in advance > Andy > Sure, shared single /boot with a extlinux/extlinux.conf -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
