It seems that debian goes out of its way to detect other distros. So,
install many distros. Install debian last.
Let debian manage the real /boot partition, and let easy distro have
its own, different /boot partition.
It's as simple as pants.
snippet:
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/njord-deb_root ro
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-amd64 (single-user mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/njord-deb_root ro single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/hda1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/mapper/njord-arch_root.
title Arch Linux (on /dev/mapper/njord-arch_root)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/mapper/njord-arch_root ro
initrd /kernel26.img
savedefault
boot
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/mapper/njord-arch_root.
title Arch Linux Fallback (on /dev/mapper/njord-arch_root)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/mapper/njord-arch_root ro
initrd /kernel26-fallback.img
savedefault
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