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   Dick Sutton wrote:   
   > I have been running linux for about a year, now.  However, I'm still a    
   > newbie.  Here's the situation.  I'm currently running Ubuntu 5.06 LTS as    
   > my main linux system.  Because of the work that I do, I must still use    
   > Windows XP.  I also like to look at newer releases (i.e. Ubuntu 6.10,    
   > etc).  So, I set up my system this way:   
   >    
   > hda is dedicated to Windows XP   
   >    
   > hdb1 is my Ubuntu 6.06 LTS system   
   > hdb2 is my Ubuntu 6.06 swap file   
   >    
   > hdb3 is my Ubuntu 6.10 system   
   > hdb4 is my Ubuntu 6.10 swap file   
   >    
   > Because the os's were installed (time wise) in that order, grub's    
   > menu.lst file and associated code is located on hdb3.  As I'm sure some    
   > of you are chuckling already (you know what's coming), I find that    
   > whenever there are kernel updates to 6.06, Ubuntu updates the menu.lst    
   > on hdb1.  When there are kernel updates to 6.10, the menu.lst on hdb3    
   > gets updated.   
   >    
   > Since the 6.10 system was the last one installed, that is the one that    
   > is used when I boot my machine.  Therefore, I have to be really careful    
   > to update the menu.lst on hdb3 when something changes on hdb1.   
   >    
   > I want to cause grub to actually look on hdb1 (as it's my key system)    
   > for the grub files.  I may want to load a future version of Ubuntu in    
   > hdb3.  I have read the man pages for grub-install and grub-set-defaults    
   > and I'm confused.   
   >    
   > Do I have to do a complete grub-install (the grub files are already    
   > loaded on hdb1 & hdb3 from previous installs)?   
   >    
   > Or is there an easier way to cause grub to look at hdb1 instead of hdb3?   
   >    
   > I assume that there is something loaded into the MBR that tells grub to    
   > look in a specific place.  I'm sure this is simple, it just doesn't seem    
   > so, now.   
   >    
   > Thanks for your patience...   
   >    
   > Dick   
      
   I am also a yearling but maybe Super Grub Disk can help. I've used it    
   and it bailed me out of a no-boot situation and also saves a lot of time    
   configuring grub. Here is a link to SGD's features page:   
   http://supergrub.forjamari.linex.org/?section=features   
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