I have a computer dedicated to learning Linux. I have LibraNet 2.0 installed on hda1 and have hdb available. Since the particular distro LibraNet 2.0 is not in the book I am using, I wanted to use the Red Hat for the book. There is nothing else on this computer that will be lost. It is strictly a learning tool, and I wanted to learn how to set up a dual boot. I will eventually put some distro on my main computer and hope to eventually use Linux as the main OS. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mat Branyon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <General@brlug.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 12:18 AM Subject: Re: distros for newbies? was Re: [brlug-general] Proposeddistributions to donate
> the only problem i could see would be if you wrote over the mandrake > partition... ive never seen a distribution detect anything other than > plain linux (as opposed to the flavor of linux) during an install...in > fact, just a few days ago, i was installing redhat over mandrake, and > redhat just said that linux was installed. > > as far as booting multiple linuxes... lilo and grub arent picky... i was > moving partitions around the other day... i did a dd to copy hda1 to > hda3, then installed lilo to a floppy and rewrote /etc/fstab... and i > dont have a single problem (i was installing windows [for games only =p] > and wanted it on /dev/hda1). if you want any help on specifics of > getting two linuxes, although i wouldnt know why you would want two > linuxes (overkill, one's enough ;) ), just post for info. the boot > process of linux isnt particular at all, just tell it where the kernel > and root partitions are, and it will do the rest... > > --mat
