[nzlug] When Grub clobbers other grub.conf files

[Cliff Pratt]

Simon Bridge wrote:
> Not only that, but when you update a kernel using a package manager, it can mess grub.conf/menu.lst.
> 
> A good method of multi-booting is to elect to install grub to the HDD partition /boot lives on (been a while, could get this wrong).
> Only the first distro installed gets grub installed to mbr.
> In *that* distros menu.lst, you add entries to *chainload* all the others much like you do with Windows.
> This makes the setup scaleable, and each alters only it's own grub configuration.
> 
> Otherwise, you are forced to add entries for each distro and be very careful when one updates. You also need, I suspect, to add
> a simlink pointing grub.conf to menu.lst ...
> 
Have you tried 'update-grub'? This looks at all disks and all /boot 
partitions and builds a menu.lst file from what it finds. It's always 
worked well for me.

Cheers,

Cliff