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Old 01-18-2008, 06:09 PM
srihari.raghavan@gmail.com
 
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Default RH9/FC3 dual boot - some basic questions

Hi all
Want to dual boot RH9 and FC3 to be run on two different
disks...Some
basic questions during install and post-install.

a. Already running RH9 in a disk - hda - hda1 and hda2 are the two
partitions

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this
file
# NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda1
# initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-6smp)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-6smp ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-6smp.img
title Red Hat Linux-up (2.4.20-6)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-6 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-6.img


b. Need to install FC3 in another disk - hdb - formatted disk with
one
linux parition


c. Install FC3 on hdb - boot loader screen - planning to select -
no
boot loader so as to not overwrite the RH9 boot loader info...the FC3
install says that I will need a startup disk/backup disk to run the
system. I exited out at this point, pending answers to questions
below.

Questions are

1. After install on hdb and restart, can I mount hdb from RH9 and
then get the grub.conf information from /boot/grub/grub.conf of hdb
(FC3)?

2. From (1), update the /boot/grub/grub.conf of hda (RH9) to add
info from (1) and run dual-boot after restart?

Thanks in advance
Sri

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