I broke it

[points]

Thanks for the update ,I was at your site again today ... browsing the forum ... I will give it a go ... but I have to get a better handle on grub , I want to have 9.04 and your version on the same drive ..

[SaddleTramp]

You can install as many of the 'same' distro as you want:

sdb1,2,5,&6 are all built on Jaunty (9.04)...your grub will look similar to this:

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title      Ultimate 2.2 (Main /dev/sda2), kernel 2.6.28-12-generic
uuid      de2ee010-65f7-4690-8ec1-36ff9d896cd7
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-12-generic root=UUID=de2ee010-65f7-4690-8ec1-36ff9d896cd7 ro
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-12-generic
quiet

title      Ultimate 2.2 (Main /dev/sda2), kernel 2.6.28-12-generic (recovery mode)
uuid      de2ee010-65f7-4690-8ec1-36ff9d896cd7
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-12-generic root=UUID=de2ee010-65f7-4690-8ec1-36ff9d896cd7 ro  single
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-12-generic

title      Ultimate 2.2 (Main /dev/sda2), memtest86+
uuid      de2ee010-65f7-4690-8ec1-36ff9d896cd7
kernel      /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title      Other operating systems:
root

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title      Windows 7 (/dev/sda1)
rootnoverify   (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader   +1

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb1
title      Ultimate 2.2 (Backup /dev/sdb1), kernel 2.6.28-12-generic
root      (hd1,0)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-12-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-12-generic
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb1
title      Ultimate 2.2 (Backup /dev/sdb1), kernel 2.6.28-12-generic (recovery mode)
root      (hd1,0)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-12-generic root=/dev/sdb1 ro  single
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-12-generic
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb1
title      Ultimate 2.2 (Backup /dev/sdb1), memtest86+
root      (hd1,0)
kernel      /boot/memtest86+.bin
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb2.
title      Ultimate 2.2 (Test /dev/sdb2), kernel 2.6.28-12-generic
root      (hd1,1)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-12-generic root=/dev/sdb2 ro
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-12-generic
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb2.
title      Ultimate 2.2 (Test /dev/sdb2), kernel 2.6.28-12-generic (recovery mode)
root      (hd1,1)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-12-generic root=/dev/sdb2 ro  single
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-12-generic
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb2.
title      Ultimate 2.2 (Test /dev/sdb2), memtest86+
root      (hd1,1)
kernel      /boot/memtest86+.bin 
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb5.
title      Jaunty (/dev/sdb5), kernel 2.6.28-12-generic
root      (hd1,4)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-12-generic root=/dev/sdb5 ro
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-12-generic
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb5.
title      Jaunty (/dev/sdb5), kernel 2.6.28-12-generic (recovery mode)
root      (hd1,4)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-12-generic root=/dev/sdb5 ro  single
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-12-generic
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb5.
title      Jaunty (/dev/sdb5), memtest86+
root      (hd1,4)
kernel      /boot/memtest86+.bin
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb6.
title      Stoner 1.0 (/dev/sdb6), kernel 2.6.28-12-generic
root      (hd1,5)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-12-generic root=/dev/sdb6 ro
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-12-generic
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb6.
title      Stoner 1.0 (/dev/sdb6), kernel 2.6.28-12-generic (recovery mode)
root      (hd1,5)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-12-generic root=/dev/sdb6
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-12-generic
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb6.
title      Stoner 1.0 (/dev/sdb6), memtest86+
root      (hd1,5)
kernel      /boot/memtest86+.bin
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb8.
title      Debian GNU/Linux (/dev/sdb8), kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64
root      (hd1,7)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 root=/dev/sdb8 ro iommu=noaperture
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb8.
title      Debian GNU/Linux (/dev/sdb8), kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64 (single-user mode)
root      (hd1,7)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 root=/dev/sdb8 ro single iommu=noaperture
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb9.
title      Ultimate 2.1 (/dev/sdb9), kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
root      (hd1,8)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=/dev/sdb9 ro iommu=noaperture
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb9.
title      Ultimate 2.1 (/dev/sdb9), kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
root      (hd1,8)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=/dev/sdb9 ro  single iommu=noaperture
initrd      /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
savedefault
boot

# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sdb9.
title      Ultimate 2.1 (/dev/sdb9), memtest86+
root      (hd1,8)
kernel      /boot/memtest86+.bin
boot


Just so you know, after I installed my main distro (on another drive), any distro's installed after that I did not allow them to install Grub to the MBR...I did this so I would always be booting from the Grub on my main distro...after the others install, I manually edit Grub in the main distro and add the other installations there...

[stanca]

SaddleTramp,do you have time for all of them?I have 3 only and rarely have time for the 3rd one.

[SaddleTramp]

SaddleTramp,do you have time for all of them?I have 3 only and rarely have time for the 3rd one.

LOL...yeah, I make time...first thing of a morning I fire up #1 to get any updates, and cycle thru the rest to get 'all' the updates done...then whichever project is the hottest, I start it up and go from there...so they're all run at least once a day...my 'note' tablet to keep track of where I'm at in each one gets full pretty quick