Hello,

Success!  The main trick to "regrubbing" was keeping all the different 
slice/partition ID numbers properly sorted and matched.  SL55 even boots 
from FreeBSD's boot0 menu.

Thanks again.

--
Jon Ruth
Kent, Ohio
U.S.A.

On 24 Jun 2010 at 16:43, Jon wrote:
> On 24 Jun 2010 at 14:37, Troy Dawson wrote:
> 
> > Jon wrote:

[snip]

> > > 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.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > 
> > 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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> 
> Thanks!  I'll give "regrubbing" a try.
> 
> --
> Jon Ruth
> Kent, Ohio
> U.S.A.