On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, hanasaki wrote: > I have a HD with > > /boot > / => a complete install of debian > > I wish to install a second debian on another partion(s).
- mount the "another partition" to /mnt - copy everything in / to /mnt (but exclude /mnt, of course) cp -avf </vmlinuz and other files> /root /var/ /home .. .. .. /mnt - cd /mnt/etc - edit lilo.conf; add new entry to boot from "another partition" - install lilo - reboot the machine > How do i do this so that lilo.conf refects both debians? Wont the 2nd > install make its own /etc/lilo.conf and thus make a lilo boot prompt > only for the 2nd install? Lilo wouldn't reread /etc/lilo.conf every boots; it reads once, installs itself in the boot sector, and that's it. So I think the other lilo.conf in the second Debian install is a non-issue. I think it would be helpful if you could create a boot floppy, so that after you have the second install, you can try to boot via the floppy. Oki