Jon wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to figure out if it is possible to chainload SL55 using 
> another OS's GRUB.  I have a box that successfully multiboots FreeBSD 
> 8.0p3, Puppy Linux 5.0.1, and Scientific Linux 5.5.  FreeBSD is on 
> partition 1 (20GB), Puppy on partition 2 (4GB), and SL on partition 3 
> (20GB).
> 
> FreeBSD's bootloader, boot0, is installed in the MBR.  I want to keep 
> it this way since boot0 does not rely on any other files to load an OS. 
> (Less likely to lose all OSes if one is messed up.)  Currently, boot0 
> successfully loads FreeBSD's boot manager and Puppy's copy of GRUB.  
> Puppy is installed because I couldn't get boot0 to load SL55's GRUB.  
> Puppy's GRUB loads SL55 only if I edit menu.lst and insert the kernel 
> and initrd commands from SL55.
> 
> While this configuration works, I'd prefer using the chainloader since 
> kernel updates to SL require me to edit Puppy's menu.lst.
> 
> In 2005, one fellow created a GRUB system that booted 100+ OSes 
> <http://tinyurl.com/7da6j>.  While most Linux flavors (including 
> CENTOS) were handled with "chainloader +1," he had to insert the kernel 
> and initrd commands for SL.  Since CENTOS could be chainloaded, I'd 
> expect SL to behave the same way.
> 
> Any thoughts or suggestions will be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --
> Jon Ruth
> Kent, Ohio
> U.S.A.

S.L. can be chainloaded.  But during the install you have to tell it to 
put grub on the partition that you are installing onto.
If you already have it installed, then boot into your Scientific Linux 
and regrub it telling it what partition to put the grub on.

   /sbin/grub-install /dev/sda3

Troy
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