Originally to: All On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, 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. > > > 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 > - Well, you could change the partition type of the existing installation, in hope that the installer will ignore it. It doesn't matter to linux what the partition type is as long as it has a filesystem of the type expected in /etc/fstab. Lawson -- ---oops--- ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com - - 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
