Thanks for your replies. I'm presently downloading the latest Sarge which I want to install over the existing one.
"H. S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Karoo wrote: > > Hi. > > I recently bought a 40 GB Maxtor and loaded Fedora onto the first 20 GB, > > leaving 20 GB free. > > Fedora was working O.K. so I loaded Debian Sarge onto the free 20 GB. During > > the Debian install Grub wanted to know where to be put (out of 3 options) > > and I chose the MBR. I was hoping it wouldn't happen but of course it did, > > it overwrote the Fedora bootloader. > > I don't want to know how to fix this, just how does one make the install > > work for two distros. > > > > Many thanks. > > > > Karoo > > I have both on the same system along with WinXP. All on the same drive. > I used the same /boot and /swap (both on separate partitions) for both > Fedora and Debian. This works because the kernel names used by Debian > and Fedora are distinct. > > In your case, I guess you need a grub entry that will point to Fedora. > What I would do is, boot into Debian, then mount the other distro's > partition (/boot, if it is on a separate partition), copy the relevant > part of /boot/grub/menu.lst and copy that into the current (debian's) > /boot/grub/menu.lst. Upon next reboot, you will see the new entry too. > now, if you had separate /boot parititions for both distros, you could > have used only one common /boot. > > Perhaps, others may be able to help you with a more efficient method. > > GL, > ->HS > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]