Corrected rev. On Saturday 11 June 2005 05:51 pm, Michael Walters wrote: > Hello All, > > I tried twice to submit a query to mepis.org about installing > SimplyMEPIS-3.3.1 with multiple boots and found that twice when I > clicked the submit button the message was not submitted. > > Once I was in libranet 3.0 firefox and once I was in the Live > SimplyMEPIS-3.3.1 CD firefox when I tried to submit the query. > > I registered with mepis.org and even successfully changed my password > before trying to submit these queries. > > I skimmed 15 pages of the Mepis forum and could not find what I wanted. > There are at least 17 pages to search through and there are also the > mepislovers forum posts to go through too. > > But I would just like to install SimplyMEPIS-3.3.1 with a multiple boot. > > I am going to try to get my money back from Libranet on Monday. If I do > get my money back I will be doing a dual boot, but if I do not get my > money back I will be doing a triple boot, namely SimplyMEPIS-3.3.1, > Libranet 3.0, and windows 95. > > regards, > Hi Michael
Triple boot seems an over ambitious undertaking for your level of
understanding. If or when you find some distro that will
auto magically iron all of that out for you, let me know. To do what you want
to do you may have to learn more about grub.
To do this I can send you an html file of the Grub Help page by private email
Google is your friend. That is how I found this example:
==== EXAMPLE Start here
RonRussell
Member
Registered: May 2001
Location: Pangaea
Distribution: SimplyMepis2004
Posts: 64
HCL Entries: 0
Reviews: 0/2
( post #4)
I boot two OS on two separate hard drives, SimplyMepis 2004 on hda, and
SimplyMepis 3.3 on hdb. I use grub instead of lilo, but
it works fine. I don't know why you couldn't do something similar in lilo.
In /boot/grub/menu.lst is a file which lists the
available operating systems and their locations:
default saved
timeout 15
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 2f5178
splashimage /boot/grub/mepis.xpm.gz
title MEPIS at hda1, kernel 2.6.7
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7 root=/dev/hda1 nomce psmouse.proto=imps
quiet splash=verbose vga=791
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.mepis
savedefault
title MEPIS at hda1, kernel 2.4.26
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.26 root=/dev/hda1 nomce quiet splash=verbose
vga=791 hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.mepis
savedefault
title MEPIS at hdb1, kernel 2.6.10
kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10 root=/dev/hdb1 nomce psmouse.proto=imps
quiet splash=verbose vga=791
initrd (hd1,0)/boot/initrd.splash
title MEPIS at hdb1, kernel 2.4.29
kernel (hd1,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.29 root=/dev/hdb1 nomce quiet splash=verbose
vga=791 hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi
initrd (hd1,0)/boot/initrd.splash
title MEMTEST
kernel /boot/memtest86.bin
hope this helps
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==== EXAMPLE End here
Oops. lines are wraped now in the above example by the look of it. That will
not work.
But if it is close to what you want, let me know.
It's been at least 5 years I think, since I setup a tri boot system
You would have to see if you were up to seeing if this example above would be
close to what you need. You have had some success
with SimplyMEPIS3.3? correct? If so look at how that distro set things up. You
have to become proficient enough to know what
and how to look for things, and then apply what you find properly (but repair,
not brake things.
Hope this helps some
Mel Walters
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