Re: [newbie] the easy way?
On Wednesday 26 Jan 2005 23:48, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 26 January 2005 23:10, Ian wrote: On Wednesday 26 Jan 2005 22:48, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 26 January 2005 22:43, Ian wrote: Since the list is convinced that Home is better if it is in a separate partition, what is the best and easiest way to accomplish this. At present, Home is in the same partition as the rest of the distro (standard install). How do I ensure if I move the contents of Home to a new partition that all links will change? The easy way is simply to define your new /home partition with Mandrake Control Centre. It will recognise that there are already files in /home on the old partition and will offer to copy them to the new partition for you. I take it, the part that allows me to specify where home is in System/Users and groups? I'd really hate to screw up what is an extremely stable setup :-) But Mandrake will move release new distros and I'd also hate to make : an install harder...or even worse, lose all the data accumulated No Users and Groups is where you define new users. MandrakeControlCentreMountPointsPartitions is where you define partitions. If you have empty space on your hard drive just click on the empty space and define a partition on it. Select the mount point to be /home. If you have no free space you may resize an existing partition, but it is not possible to resize a partition that is currently already mounted. The GUI allows you to unmount a partition, but you cannot unmount a partition currently in use. If you have just a single partition consuming the whole drive then it is not easy to alter it unless you boot from a Mandrakemove Live CD, or Knoppix if you prefer. (MandrakeMove will have the more familiar tools) If you have valuable data, then make a backup first. derek Many thanks, Derek. my /home is now a new partition, and all worked well. although I did cheat and used partition magic to create it, then as above :-) Now to wait for 10.2 official .. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Mandrake 10.1 Microsoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] the easy way?
Since the list is convinced that Home is better if it is in a separate partition, what is the best and easiest way to accomplish this. At present, Home is in the same partition as the rest of the distro (standard install). How do I ensure if I move the contents of Home to a new partition that all links will change? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Mandrake 10.1 Microsoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] the easy way?
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 22:43, Ian wrote: Since the list is convinced that Home is better if it is in a separate partition, what is the best and easiest way to accomplish this. At present, Home is in the same partition as the rest of the distro (standard install). How do I ensure if I move the contents of Home to a new partition that all links will change? The easy way is simply to define your new /home partition with Mandrake Control Centre. It will recognise that there are already files in /home on the old partition and will offer to copy them to the new partition for you. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] the easy way?
On Wednesday 26 Jan 2005 22:48, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 26 January 2005 22:43, Ian wrote: Since the list is convinced that Home is better if it is in a separate partition, what is the best and easiest way to accomplish this. At present, Home is in the same partition as the rest of the distro (standard install). How do I ensure if I move the contents of Home to a new partition that all links will change? The easy way is simply to define your new /home partition with Mandrake Control Centre. It will recognise that there are already files in /home on the old partition and will offer to copy them to the new partition for you. I take it, the part that allows me to specify where home is in System/Users and groups? I'd really hate to screw up what is an extremely stable setup :-) But Mandrake will move release new distros and I'd also hate to make an install harder...or even worse, lose all the data accumulated -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Mandrake 10.1 Microsoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] the easy way?
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 23:10, Ian wrote: On Wednesday 26 Jan 2005 22:48, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 26 January 2005 22:43, Ian wrote: Since the list is convinced that Home is better if it is in a separate partition, what is the best and easiest way to accomplish this. At present, Home is in the same partition as the rest of the distro (standard install). How do I ensure if I move the contents of Home to a new partition that all links will change? The easy way is simply to define your new /home partition with Mandrake Control Centre. It will recognise that there are already files in /home on the old partition and will offer to copy them to the new partition for you. I take it, the part that allows me to specify where home is in System/Users and groups? I'd really hate to screw up what is an extremely stable setup :-) But Mandrake will move release new distros and I'd also hate to make an install harder...or even worse, lose all the data accumulated No Users and Groups is where you define new users. MandrakeControlCentreMountPointsPartitions is where you define partitions. If you have empty space on your hard drive just click on the empty space and define a partition on it. Select the mount point to be /home. If you have no free space you may resize an existing partition, but it is not possible to resize a partition that is currently already mounted. The GUI allows you to unmount a partition, but you cannot unmount a partition currently in use. If you have just a single partition consuming the whole drive then it is not easy to alter it unless you boot from a Mandrakemove Live CD, or Knoppix if you prefer. (MandrakeMove will have the more familiar tools) If you have valuable data, then make a backup first. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
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) runningon 2 diff partitions.
At 09:25 PM 9/26/2002 -0500, you wrote: FemmeFatale wrote: Point me or kick me in teh right direction pls!? --- Femme Here is my Lilo.conf file attached to show you my multiboot setup I have two distros on two drives as you will note, but you can change to match your setup. one or two drives? cheers -- Mike McNeese I have 2 drives.. one for windows one for linux ty --- 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
Re: [newbie] [Newbie] Easy way to have 2 linuces (MDK) runningon 2 diff partitions.
s wrote: I feel the urge to show off. Anyone want to see mine as an example of multiboot? -s Now lets see someone top that! -- Mike McNeese currently triple booting win98lite Mandrake versions 8.0 and 8.2 and testing 9.0 beta 3 - Linux registered user # 248955 If obstacles are all we see, then we've lost sight of our goal! 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) runningon 2 diff partitions.
On Thursday 26 September 2002 10:52 pm, mike wrote: s wrote: I feel the urge to show off. Anyone want to see mine as an example of multiboot? -s Now lets see someone top that! it used to be worse than that not too long ago until I trimmed it (and /boot) down to one kernel per install. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
