> You can have three separate /boot folders, one on each partition. Then > you'd setup lilo from mandrake (ie the first). You'd make changes to > lilo only in mandrake. You would then have only one image: > image=/boot/vmlinuz -- mandrake kernel > options... > other=/dev/hda7 > label=Debian > other=/dev/hda8 > label=Redhat > > Other means the bootsector will be at the beginning of that partition. > You'd use other if you had a dual boot with windows, or any other > operating system. As far as lilo is concerned you have only one linux > install (mandrake) and two "other" operating systems. In order to get > those other partitions working, you'll need to first boot into that > partition (easy with a boot disk. At the boot: prompt type 'linux > root=/dev/hda7', assuming linux is the name of the image.) Then you'll > setup lilo for each of those partitions and specify boot=/dev/hda7 and > root=/dev/hda7.
I like this method best. It requires the least amount of fiddling around with the distros' default file names and locations. > One more note, the easiest method is to just use one distribution. If > you have one foot in each of two boats, you'll never get to the other > side of the lake. I recommend choosing one distribution and learning > with it. As you grow you'll see its defficiencies and strengths. > You'll then have a firmer grasp as to what you want in a distribution > and that is the time to switch if need be. I promise you, Dex, what > you learn in one distro will be applicable to the others. I've put a lot of time into configuring Mandrake 8.2 and updating some packages to get things working right; I'd hate to give that system up. I like the openness and philosophical/political idealism of Debian and would like to make it my main distro; but everything I try to do with it requires a major investment of time to figure out how. I get very frustrated at times, but I want to continue working at it. I just tried RedHat 8.0 and fell in love with the conceptual clarity and design simplicity of its menus and user interface; it seems to be the most usable of the distros right out of the box. I'm eager to start using it more; I want to find out if it's really as good as it appears. And unfortunately, I still have the bulk of my work in Windows 2000. So I am actually standing in four boats! Or more accurately, I'm in the water swimming and pulling these four boats behind me. (c:W _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
