On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Joao Ferreira gmail < joao.miguel.c.ferre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello, > > the process should be quite straightforward. > > 1st u need to make sure you have a free partition with no relevant data > on it (partition to instal RH). > > then you simply start installing RedHat on the machine and (this is the > critical part) make absolutelly sure you tell the installer to choose > the correct partition (the partition you choose for RH will be formated > and any data in it will be lost). > > in the end you can choose to instal the bootloader (GRUB possibly) and > it will detect you have Debian too and do all the magic for you. grub > usually does a very good job finding you other operatin systems and > automagically configuring the dual-boot... > > It's usually a very simple process with no expert knowledge involved. > > Just make sure you know exactly which is the partition that is empty > when the RH installer asks you to format the disk. you need to be 100% > sure of this. If you're not just power off the machine. > > also make sure GRUB (or LILO, I0'm not sure) is installed in the end. > The normal installation process should probably do this for you. Just > read the messages. there should be no problem. > > But... just in case... make a backup of all you important stuff in > Debian. > > Sorry. Can you please let me know how to add such a 'free partition with no relevant data' ?
