On Wednesday 05 February 2003 22:08, Narsimha Reddy CHALLA wrote: > Hi All, > > I want to do two different linux installations rh 7.2 and rh > 8.0 on the same pc with single hard disk. I installed the rh 7.2 in > partitions say /dev/hda5 ( /) , /dev/hda6 (/home) , /dev/hda7 ( > /usr) , > /dev/hda8 ( /tmp),... /dev/hda11 etc. > > But how can I install the rh 8.0 in partitions say /dev/hda12 > ( as "/" ) ... etc ?? Since the installer won't allow as there > already exists a "/" partition for the rh 7.2 and tries to override > it with the root partition of rh 8.0. So I tried giving a different > lable to the root partition of rh 8.0 say /root1 and other partitions > as /root1/usr, /root1/home, /root1/tmp etc. But here also the installer > is looking for the partition named "/" and without that the installation > is not happening. > > > Please give your suggestions on how to resolve this problem.
Edit properly in that menu where it ask's for partition info for installing. I have Redhat 7.2, slackware gentoo and peanut all on one disk. Slackware was installed first, then redhat. > > > At present my partition table with single installation (rh 7.2) is, > > [root@creddy-pc root]# fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2434 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 261 2096451 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda2 262 2434 17454622+ 5 Extended > /dev/hda5 262 522 2096451 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda6 523 653 1052226 83 Linux > /dev/hda7 654 1175 4192933+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda8 1176 1371 1574338+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda9 1372 1436 522081 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda10 1437 1501 522081 83 Linux > /dev/hda11 1502 1566 522081 83 Linux > [root@creddy-pc root]# > > > TIA, > - Narsimha Reddy CH -- Regards Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
