Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Easy way to have 2 linuces (MDK) running on 2 diff partitions.
FemmeFatale wrote: At 08:45 PM 9/26/2002 +1200, you wrote: large surgical incision Point me or kick me in teh right direction pls!? --- Femme You should be only allowed to have one /boot. I am fairly certain LILO insists on it. Copy these files to a floppy: /boot/vmlinuzXXX /boot/initrdXXX /etc/lilo.conf Make sure the /boot/ files are the real thing and not pointers to the real thing. Then wait one day to make sure i gave these instructions correctly ;-0 RESCUE your old system LILO setup (details given heaps of time on here). Boot to the old (good) install. Copy the vmlinuz and initrd into /boot. Back up lilo.conf. Copy the relevant stanza from the floppy lilo.conf into the active one. Reboot and Bobs your uncle, (Bobs my brother, are you my niece or daughter?) -- Michael From what i've read here on the list and in books, you should have 2 boot partitions ... each one for a different installation. I did ask once about a single /boot partition for all my linux installs but I was told that can be quite tricky. I Know i tried it once, and i ended up fuxoring my whole set of 2 installs in one day :P Not that I mind... It just means I have more to learn More to do. :) Ty for your input Michael. Should call ya Saint Michael just b/c you're so sweet in taking time to answer ppls questions :) Sir Robin certainly believed me... hehe I knighted him a while ago ;p --- Femme There's dual linux boot with a single /boot partition the simplest way to do it. There is dual linux boot with NO /boot partition at all.In this case, there are two boot directories one in each base / of each OS, in which case the boot directory of the second install is the dominent working one and the kernel and initrd files from the first OS install are copied across to the boot directory of the second OS.It's more complicated to set up but works just as well. The simplest way is to create a /boot PARTITION, and let drakX do the rest. As I recall you had a problem with yours because you had a file system that was not ext2, and for some reason the installer would not let you have a kernel install in your /boot partition because of this none ext2 file system. If you had had an ext2 /boot partition I'm sure it would of gone well for you. regards, John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Easy way to have 2 linuces (MDK) running on 2 diff partitions.
At 10:17 PM 9/27/2002 -0300, you wrote: From what i've read here on the list and in books, you should have 2 boot partitions ... each one for a different installation. I did ask once about a single /boot partition for all my linux installs but I was told that can be quite tricky. I Know i tried it once, and i ended up fuxoring my whole set of 2 installs in one day :P ROFL!! ... sorry i don't mean to laugh at you Femme, that sounds just like what i would be constantly doing with my computer if i were not forced to keep it working for my parents to use... aaah the phun i would have.. OMG the PHUN !! ;oP~~ i make one post in the whole day, and all i can come up with is this nonsense.. aghh enough 'stand-by mode' for my brain. i'm off. Damian hehe ya well it can be a total PITA sometimes... and lately I haven't had time to screw things up. Im prepping for three jewellery shows that I attend as a vendor/merchant/jeweller (pick one hat or all). And no offense taken luv --- Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Easy way to have 2 linuces (MDK) running on 2 diff partitions.
At 08:45 PM 9/26/2002 +1200, you wrote: large surgical incision Point me or kick me in teh right direction pls!? --- Femme You should be only allowed to have one /boot. I am fairly certain LILO insists on it. Copy these files to a floppy: /boot/vmlinuzXXX /boot/initrdXXX /etc/lilo.conf Make sure the /boot/ files are the real thing and not pointers to the real thing. Then wait one day to make sure i gave these instructions correctly ;-0 RESCUE your old system LILO setup (details given heaps of time on here). Boot to the old (good) install. Copy the vmlinuz and initrd into /boot. Back up lilo.conf. Copy the relevant stanza from the floppy lilo.conf into the active one. Reboot and Bobs your uncle, (Bobs my brother, are you my niece or daughter?) -- Michael From what i've read here on the list and in books, you should have 2 boot partitions ... each one for a different installation. I did ask once about a single /boot partition for all my linux installs but I was told that can be quite tricky. I Know i tried it once, and i ended up fuxoring my whole set of 2 installs in one day :P Not that I mind... It just means I have more to learn More to do. :) Ty for your input Michael. Should call ya Saint Michael just b/c you're so sweet in taking time to answer ppls questions :) Sir Robin certainly believed me... hehe I knighted him a while ago ;p --- Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Easy way to have 2 linuces (MDK) running on 2 diff partitions.
From what i've read here on the list and in books, you should have 2 boot partitions ... each one for a different installation. I did ask once about a single /boot partition for all my linux installs but I was told that can be quite tricky. I Know i tried it once, and i ended up fuxoring my whole set of 2 installs in one day :P ROFL!! ... sorry i don't mean to laugh at you Femme, that sounds just like what i would be constantly doing with my computer if i were not forced to keep it working for my parents to use... aaah the phun i would have.. OMG the PHUN !! ;oP~~ i make one post in the whole day, and all i can come up with is this nonsense.. aghh enough 'stand-by mode' for my brain. i'm off. Damian -- boot into windows? what has smashing glass with footwear got to do with Operating systems? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] [Newbie] Easy way to have 2 linuces (MDK) running on 2 diff partitions.
I did this a while bank... Loaded MDK all went fine. Loaded another MDK install on a totally separate set of partitions. I thought of sharing /boot for both of the installs. However I ran into a snag that says I don't have enough knowledge to do this. On installing the 2nd MDK, I found i could ONLY boot the silly test OS, the 2nd MDK install. The first one was not possible to boot. Is there a simple way to do this? Thx. --- Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Easy way to have 2 linuces (MDK) running on 2 diff partitions.
On Thursday 26 Sep 2002 10:18 am, FemmeFatale wrote: I did this a while bank... Loaded MDK all went fine. Loaded another MDK install on a totally separate set of partitions. I thought of sharing /boot for both of the installs. However I ran into a snag that says I don't have enough knowledge to do this. On installing the 2nd MDK, I found i could ONLY boot the silly test OS, the 2nd MDK install. The first one was not possible to boot. Is there a simple way to do this? Your 2nd install must have overwritten the original LILO so I guess all you have to do is add the entry for your first installation to /etc/lilo.conf in your 2nd MDK. Just look for the correct vmlinuz in /boot and don't forget to run lilo after making the changes. BTW this is assuming you didn't format the /boot partn during your 2nd installation. Sharrea -- The box said Requires Windows 95 or better so I installed Linux. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
