Boot sequence

[Paige Thompson]

For future reference, if you like to have various linux operating systems on 
the same harddrive its easier to manage if you use lvm. I accomplished this 
with ubuntu desktop by booting a ubuntu thumb drive, apt-get installing lvm2 
then insmod something (forget what) from /lib/modules/linux/drivers/md/ then 
vgchange -a y to detect volume groups, then installing to the logical volume 
that I wanted to install to using the ubuntu installer (manually selected 
the partition to install to) then after it was installed chrooted into the 
new install and apt get installed lvm2 (installing this package 
automatically updates your initramfs too.) Oh and by the way before I 
installed ubuntu to the logical volume I had to resize other volumes to make 
free space, be sure to resize the filesystem before resizing the logical 
volume, and I backed up my grub.conf and merged the changes with the 
grub.conf that ubuntu installed (my two linux installs use the same boot 
partition because the boot partition should be an actual physical 
partition-- I don't think grub supports lvm.)

Here's my part layout
/dev/hda1 boot 
/dev/hda2 linux lvm
/dev/system/root gentoo root
....
/dev/system/ubuntu ubuntu /

Since you use windows you'd want to make /boot hda2 

It really is a shame that ubuntu desktop doesn't support lvm :( this wasn't 
exactly difficult for me but god what a pain.

On Nov 12, 2008 12:08 PM, "Allen Meyers" <texas.chef94 at gmail.com> wrote:

What must one do when xp is sda1 and you are about to install 2 additional 
linux OS to a pre existing  partition and you want XP hda1 to be last in the 
boot sequence.
Below is how it looks now and I will make any suggested changes as long as 
the outcome is XP last.
For those wondering I am not a nut I have very valid reason.
 
hda1 NTFS
hda2    (intended for linus OS)
hda3 swap
hda4   (intended Linux OS}
Thanks in advance

Allen Meyers
texas.chef94 at gmail.com

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