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Miltiple Linux Distributions on a Single HD

Asked by Ken Russell

I installed Ubuntu 8.04 on the same HD where OpenSuSe 11.0 was already installed. Ubuntu put its GRUB menu list in the /boot directory in the OpenSuSE partition. Ubuntu would load fine but GRUB contained no reference to the OpenSuSe installation. I did a "recovery" with the OpenSuSe DVD and only the OpenSuSe installation was listed (no reference to Ubuntu).

Is there a way to use a common "menu.lst" file which will boot either Linux distribution? Apparently, my GRUB entry in the Master Boot Record always points to Grub in the OpenSuSe root partition.

Thanks.

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Wyatt Smith (wyatt-smith) said : 		#1

Please edit your OpenSuSe menu.lst file then

Add a similar line to perform a configfile boot to Ubuntu.

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

title Ubuntu 8.04, HARDY HERON Menu
configfile (hdX,Y)/boot/grub/menu.lst

Where (hdX,Y) is your hardy partition. This will bring you to the Hardy grub menu. This is a good way to multiboot since each distro will be able to get automagic kernel updates.

To toggle back and forth between grub menus, place a similar entry in Hardy pointing to the SuSe menu.

Hope this helps

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Josh K (terlmann-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

(x,y) is probably going to be 1,1.

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