On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Joao Ferreira gmail < joao.miguel.c.ferre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-08-03 at 16:22 +0430, hadi motamedi wrote: > > Dear All > > On my debian machine, I need to install redhat on one of its > > partitions and so make it dual boot . Can you please let me know how > > this can be accomplished? > > Hello, > > the process should be quite straightforward. > > 1st u need to make sure you have a free partition with no relevant data > on it (partition to instal RH). > > then you simply start installing RedHat on the machine and (this is the > critical part) make absolutelly sure you tell the installer to choose > the correct partition (the partition you choose for RH will be formated > and any data in it will be lost). > > in the end you can choose to instal the bootloader (GRUB possibly) and > it will detect you have Debian too and do all the magic for you. grub > usually does a very good job finding you other operatin systems and > automagically configuring the dual-boot... > > It's usually a very simple process with no expert knowledge involved. > > Just make sure you know exactly which is the partition that is empty > when the RH installer asks you to format the disk. you need to be 100% > sure of this. If you're not just power off the machine. > > also make sure GRUB (or LILO, I0'm not sure) is installed in the end. > The normal installation process should probably do this for you. Just > read the messages. there should be no problem. > > But... just in case... make a backup of all you important stuff in > Debian. > > Cheers > jmf > > > Thank you > > > > > > > > Sorry. I selected to partition it with Disk Druid but I lost my original installation. Can you please let me know what is the correct procedure for your proposed method to make it dual-boot ?
