From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Warren Post wrote:   
   > On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:51:30 -0600, Adam  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Not all distro installers will find all the Linux installs.  Some seem   
   >> to (e.g. Fedora), others (e.g. Mandriva) don't and many will need to   
   >> be added to the GRUB menu with the distro tools and/or manually.   
   >   
   > Many thanks to everyone for the helpful advice. Adam's point above makes   
   > me realize that before I begin, I need to learn more about the   
   > bootloader; I'll start a new thread on that if man grub doesn't tell me   
   > enough.   
      
   Also GRUB2, which some distros now default to.  Keep a list on paper of   
   what each partition's being used for.  Make sure your production distro   
   stays working and has online access, in case you have questions about   
   other distros.  I see Bill Unruh recommends /not/ having any other   
   partitions accessible (i.e. mounted) under each distro, the opposite of   
   what I'm doing, but then I'm using a separate machine for the other   
   distros.  Your decision there.   
      
   I'm sure the others have more experience with this than I do, as I'm   
   literally only a week ahead of you on this.  You /might/ want to look at   
   the past week of the "OT: Off-Topic" thread, which covers (among many   
   other things) my experiences so far.  "eris" (2007 Compaq) became my   
   test system last month when I bought "stolid" (new HP).   
      
   Adam   
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