Comment 12 for bug 47229

Tomod,

I don't know other distros handle this - I tend to only use ubuntu on my desktop these days, usually using a few different versions at the same time - to try out the dev version, betas etc..

I have a separate /boot partition which is not on LVM.

I have gone through the process of managing separate folders for each linux installation, all in separate subfolders of my boot partition - keeping their menu.lst file in their own folder (/boot/gutsy/grub/menu.lst), and mounting the applicable boot partition subfolder (/boot/gutsy) as /boot. Then I would have a /boot/grub/menu.lst file that uses configfile directive to open the menu.lst from the relevant subfolder. (/boot/gutsy-boot/grub/menu.lst)

This works, but is a pain since every time an OS updates grub, you have to manually fix the generated menu.lst file.

I am of the opinion that grub should fix the need to do this. Grub is only needed because people want to install multiple operating systems on a single pc.. so, why then can't it just work ! I realise that grub2 is in the works, and should support boot on lvm, and other such features, so I hope it will also provide a means for linux install to work well with others.