On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 21:29, Alex Unigovsky wrote: > > Hello All, > Hi! > > > > I've been using RedHat most of my linux life and now i'm in a searching > > mode. I'm an intermediate user and wanted to learn more of the > > background/inner workings of linux and came across gentoo. I think its > > great that its so customizable. So my deliema is that I've begun using > > Mandrake and would like to dual boot gentoo with it until I come up to > > speed. Is this possible? If so, how? > Yes, it is possible, and quite simple. Usually, when you partition your > drive, you should consider how to split your drive(s). I once had > similar dual-boot system with RedHat and Mandrake, with shared /boot and > swap partitions, but all others were separate. Then I installed grub > into /boot, and configured it to boot both redhat and mandrake kernels, > with different root= parameter. And that is all. > > > > Colin Falkinburg > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What I will be doing is as Alex said, use the same /boot and swap partitions. Then simply add Gentoo to the lilo.conf file already on Mandrake. -- Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
