> From: Vasanthra Devi S [mailto:vasanthrad...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 5:46 AM > > can you help me to install Debian 5.0(Lenny) on RHEL 5 (kernel is 2.3) > on x86 machine. > > > i have tried it but i could not boot debian but i can boot Rhel > > first i have insttled debian 5.0(Lenny) . > it has three partitions (/,/boot and swap) > all the three are primary partition. > > after that i have installled rhel5(2.3 kernel). > > i can able to boot only linux . > > > can you help me to overcome this. >
Are you SURE it's a 2.3 kernel? I'm quite sure RHEL5 uses a 2.6 kernel. I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to do. Is it: 1. Have a dual-boot system, where at boot time you can choose to boot RHEL5 or Debian? 2. Run Debian in a chroot under RHEL5, so you can run Debian commands, and a Debian desktop environment, under RHEL5? 3. Replace your RHEL5 installation with a Debian installation? If it's 1, you just need to install Debian to an unused partition on your hard drive somewhere. If you don't have an unused partition, I guess you could add another hard drive to the machine. Or mess around with partition resizers. If it's 2, this is possible, but more difficult. I've done it. If this is really what you want, I can give you some guidance. If it's 3, well that's easy. Just point the Debian installer to your current / partition. -- Kevin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
