Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 21:29, Alex Unigovsky wrote: >> > Hello All, >> Hi! >> > >> > I've been using RedHat most of my linux life and now i'm in a searching >> > mode. I'm an intermediate user and wanted to learn more of the >> > background/inner workings of linux and came across gentoo. I think its >> > great that its so customizable. So my deliema is that I've begun using >> > Mandrake and would like to dual boot gentoo with it until I come up to >> > speed. Is this possible? If so, how? >> Yes, it is possible, and quite simple. Usually, when you partition your >> drive, you should consider how to split your drive(s). I once had >> similar dual-boot system with RedHat and Mandrake, with shared /boot and >> swap partitions, but all others were separate. Then I installed grub >> into /boot, and configured it to boot both redhat and mandrake kernels, >> with different root= parameter. And that is all. >> > >> > Colin Falkinburg >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What I will be doing is as Alex said, use the same /boot and swap > partitions. Then simply add Gentoo to the lilo.conf file already on > Mandrake.
It is also usually a good idea to have /home on its own partition, and share that as well. -- Hilsen Harald. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
