-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Eric "Shubes" wrote: > Is there some reason you don't simply put /boot in a separate partition? > > If/when the mbr gets clobbered, restoring grub to the mbr is easy. Simply > boot a knoppix or rescue cd and: > # grub > grub> root (hd0,0) > grub> setup (hd0) > grub> quit > # reboot Yes, that's what I used to do. I was using one that doesn't go with any system and storing other cross system data there too like a map of partitions. I'm tired of doing it that way. This is the process I have recently gone thru: which /boot do I use? The one for kubuntu or debian or Fedora or . . . perhaps the one that I mostly use as the primary desktop? What about when I change from debian to kubuntu as my primary desktop and blow debian away? So I made it a sorta standalone grub. how do I update grub if it's not tied to a particular distro? Mount the grub partition on any random distro that I choose and run grub-install /dev/hda. That might work but some distros compile grub to use slightly different file names than others and it might not work. There may be other issues also. Yes I can and might go back to using Grub as the primary boot loader but for now GAG is working nicely. It just looks dated. - -- JT Morée PC Xperience, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFaRDJ1JwGi/ukQqERAgqSAJ9WcooyuxofaEMe4ZR93cCWbCkQBgCg07PF vnZDr3fM6jgeg4z7k2ITKk8= =es3n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss