Re: Multiple booting

David Bolt <blacklist-me@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Paul J Gans wrote:-

While it didn't annoy me much, since I needed a reboot[0], I sorted it
out.

I now get a double boot screen. If I choose the 64 bit version,
it boots. If I choose the 32 bit version it shows me the original
32 bit grub screen.

You'll probably have the same issue I had. Grub for 11.1 added the 10.3
using the same method to start Windows. Replacing the chainloader +1
with a valid kernel/initrd combination lets it boot straight into 10.3
without using the old grub.

It is on my "live with it" list at the moment, but if I get
around to solving it (i.e. messing with the entries in the
grub menu) I'll post my solution.

In my case, it was a simple case of copying the 11.1 kernel/initrd lines
and replacing the paths and kernel/initrd names with the 10.3 names.

All I have to do now is ensure that if I perform a kernel update in
10.3, I change the grub entries in 11.1's menu.lst before rebooting.

I thought it would go something like that. Right now I'm
waiting for a hard drive from NewEgg. One of the pair they
sent me was bad. When that comes I'll do the "final"
install and then play with stuff.

Meanwhile the machine is up and running. That's the problem
with a production machine. It has to run. I've not got too
much time to play with it.

[0] The last of my three-monthly dust-bunny and fan cleaning times.
Shouldn't need to do them more frequently than yearly, once I get the
liquid cooling system installed.

I've thought of going liquid. Right now the new machine is in
a box with four (4) fans...

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--- Paul J. Gans
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