On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 11/06/2008 01:44 PM, Germán Racca wrote: > >> >> Hi all: >> >> I want to install Fedora 9 in a computer that already has Fedora 8, >> but in a seprate place, just to have 2 different versions in one computer. >> I new that in order to do it, I will have to create or resize a partition. >> Well, when I run the installation DVD for Fedora 9 I get the following >> screen: >> >> Drive /dev/sda (114471 MB) (Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD120IJ) >> ____________________________________________________________ >> sda2 >> 114274 MB >> ____________________________________________________________ >> >> DEVICE MOUNT POINT/VOLUME TYPE SIZE (MB) >> >> LVM Volume Groups >> VolGroup00 >> 114272 >> LogVol00 >> ext3 113216 >> LogVol01 >> swap 1024 >> >> Hard Drives >> /dev/sda >> /dev/sda1 >> ext3 196 >> /dev/sda2 VolGroup00 LVM PV >> 114275 >> >> I have tried to do a lot of thing but no success. How could I get a space >> of approximately 30 GB to install another Linux, in my case Fedora 9? >> > I think Aldo gave you a decent answer. You are stuck with LVM, but you > still should be able to set up for a dual boot. > Problem 1 is /dev/sda1 is set up as your /boot partition. You will probably > need to share this which means some manual editing of /boot/grub/grub.conf. > Resizing of an LVM logical partition can be accomplished via the > system-config-lvm graphical LVM utility. Or you can use the nonm-graphical > commands, such as resize2fs and lvm. > > However possibly a better way might be to use a virtual machine, such as > virtual box, and install Fedora 9 in virtualbox. > > -- > Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Boston Linux and Unix > PGP key id: 537C5846 > PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- adios KSH SHRM http://oddishquirk.blogspot.com/ People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care...
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