On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 07:23:41PM +0530, N S SRIKANTH wrote:
> Hi Listers
>
> I am reposting my earlier two queries again. Sorry about this
> beacause I am stuck on both the counts and am absolutely clue-
> less.
>
> 1) In a m/c with 3GB HDD dual boot configuration (Win95 & PCQ
> Linux) and LILO on the MBR I am attaching a second HDD of
> 20 GB as primary slave and would like to load Second Distro
> (Caldera open Linux) in 20 GB HDD. Can you please give me
> pointers as to how to install it. As LILO is on MBR how it
> will recognise the two different ditros and boot them?
>
Step 1: Leave your /dev/hda alone for the moment. We will create
more space for your RH later on by shifting stuff to
/dev/hdb later on
Step 2: Boot through RH, and run fdisk "/dev/hdb". Create three
partitions of 2 GB each and the balance 14 GB can be
made into an extended with multiple logicals under it.
Step 3: You can share your existing swap between RH & Caldera
Step 4: Install Caldera in /dev/hdb1, and maybe /usr of Caldera
in a 2 GB extended-logical partition in /dev/hdb
Step 5: Do NOT put LILO in MBR. Use existing LILO from RH to do
the triple booting. You will have to do the editing of
/etc/lilo.conf by hand and call the Caldera Partition
(viz /dev/hdb1). Do a "lilo -v" after the edit. It will
re-write the map files and the MBR to accommodate your
new OS. It will boot Caldera when chosen. See the docu-
mentation for LILO. It gives the steps for a multiple-
linux boot set up. ( Ofcourse you have the option of
doing a triple-boot with Loadlin, after a regular DOS
boot up. I have a HDI on this at my home page at ...
http://geocities.com/usmbish/).
>
> 2) I am told that GRUB is a much better boot loader than LILO.
> Is it so and how?
The advantage of grub over LILO is in overcoming the 1024-cyl
problems of older LILOs. Otherwise not much of an advantage.
Neither of them can boot an UMSDOS installation whereas good
old loadlin can.
> I installed GRUB from Caldera linux CD of PCQ but it did not
> function as boot loader. Man pages gave only various options,
> none on how to install it as the boot loader.
>
I thought Rajesh put a posting on this on LIH today. You need
to run the install script.
Bish
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