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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

srihari.raghavan@gmail.com wrote:
> 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?

Yes, you can. It's pretty straightforward: I've done things like this with
LILO and grub and doing network based OS installs in the past.