On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 03:59:17AM -0800, abhishek oommen wrote:
> I had tried to partition my hard disk and install
> mandrake 8.1 with my redhat 7.1
>
> ...... then when I tried redoing the installation,
> repartitioning again. it would not proceed. it kept
> gving this error-"ldconfig not found" and also "hdlist
> not found". when i examined my redhat dir tree I found
> a whole lot of other directories in the / dir. i tried
> wiping out whatever I could recognnize as new and redo
> the install. it did not work.
>
> any advice on how i can solve this problem. and
> install both linuxes.thanks in advance.
>
Installing 2 linux distros need seperate partitions for
both (preferentially primary partitions for / in both).
You are likely to have this type of problem problem if:
a) You try to share main dir partitions like /usr, /var
or / !
b) You try and install over extended logical partitions
because between all the extended logicals there is
only one MBR
c) Solution : boot from floppy. Delete all partitions,
re-partition and re-install. Do NOT share any part-
itions between distros (except for non-critical ones
like /opt or /home. Note even here the uid:gid num-
bers and names are to be constant).
d) Put LILO info of both distros on / partition of each
distro not the MBR. For first re-boot boot through
floppy. Make one of the Linuxes 'master', and edit
lilo.conf in it. Do 'lilo -v' from there for place-
ment of LILO boot record to MBR.
HTH
Bish
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