On 7/17/2014 1:05 AM, Edward Diener wrote: > On 7/16/2014 11:55 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: >> On 07/16/2014 12:22 AM, Edward Diener wrote: >>> I did not see any way, during the CentOS7 install, to install the >>> CentOS7 boot loader into the /boot partition rather than to the MBR of a >>> drive. How does one do this in the installation of CentOS7 ? >>> >>> >> See: >> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/sect-disk-partitioning-setup-x86.html >> and the section about selecting which disk on which to install the >> bootloader. Specifically, there's a 'button' (looks more like a link in >> the screenshot) called "Full disk summary and bootloader" on the >> "Installation Destination"**screen, at the bottom. I haven't tried this >> yet (but I will soon), but it would seem that by telling it the device >> on which /boot resides the bootloader will be installed there. >> > > The documentation implies that when you tell it what device the > bootloader resides on that it will install the bootloader in the MBR of > that device. Otherwise how would it know where on that device to install > the bootloader ? > > It does say that you may choose not to install a bootloader then another > application must boot the system. I use such another application ( > Terabyte's BIBM ) so I will try that hoping that booting the code at the > beginning of the /boot partition will indeed boot CentOS7. Not choosing a bootloader did not work. Without the ability to tell the CedntOS7 installation to install its bootloader in my /boot partition, I cannot use CentOS7. For me the CentOS7 developers have really messed up. > > All other Linux distros I have allow you to choose a /boot partition in > which I can install that distro's boot loader. Then I can direct my own > boot loader to boot into that /boot partition for a particular distro > after which the distro's boot menu takes over. >