Redirect Grub or copy new boot

[Paul Howarth]

Mark Sargent wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
> 
>> Mark Sargent wrote:
>>
>>> ok, when doing the re-install, to hda5, I clicked advanced, and chose 
>>> 1st partition of /dev/hda5 for the bootloader, but, it still loads 
>>> the original bootloader for the FC2 installation. What's the 
>>> workaround for this..? Sorry, Paul. Cheers.
>>
>>
>>
>> This is to be expected (as as you wanted, wasn't it?). During the 
>> previous attempt at getting this working, didn't you add an entry to 
>> the FC2 grub.conf to load "Fedora Core 3"?
>>
>> http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-March/msg02853.html
>>
>> Paul.
>>
> Hi All,
> 
> hmmm, ok, confused now. If so, I'm still getting the same error as b4. 
> If it shows the FC2 grub.conf, then it's not using the grub.conf from 
> hda5, no..? Why not, when I specified it to do so.? Cheers.

The idea to to add the "Fedora Core 3" entry to the FC2 grub.conf file 
(used by the FC2 grub installed on the MBR), where this entry 
chain-loads the FC3 grub from /dev/hda5, which has its own grub.conf 
file within /dev/hda5.

So you go through two levels of grub menus to boot FC3.

Paul.