> >two more questions to ask regarding this > >1) is it possible to use one swap partition in different linux >distribution Yes >2) can it work if i have following hdd partitions > >hda1 - 15 mb /boot for suse linux >hda2 - 15 mb /boot for redhat linux >hda3 - 1 gb for swp ( needs more as i am installing oracle) common for both distos. >hda4 - 15 gb for / for redhat >hda5 - 15 gb for / for suse. > Why do you need boot? And keep oracle miles away form your machine, unless you have 512 ram, and P4 cpu. Regards, Mukund Deshmukh Beta Computronics Pvt. Ltd. Web site - http://betacomp.com >-- kunal > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: shyamk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tue Feb 12 23:00:59 GMT+05:30 2002 >Subject: Re: [LIH] How to boot two different linux with Lilo? > > > Pawan , > It is possible.All you have to do is : > 1) Note the partitions of your machine using fdisk -l /dev/hd<a> > (In my case , and in most cases , Hard disk is the primary master > so most of us would give fdisk -l /dev/hda ) > 2)You should also know on which partitions the 2 kernels (I mean of the > two different linuxes you use) sit. > > The output of fdisk -l /dev/hda on my box looks like : > > Poornashree:~# fdisk -l /dev/hda > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1027 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 257 2064321 b Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda2 258 1027 6185025 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hda5 258 450 1550241 b Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda6 451 835 3092481 b Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda7 836 842 56196 83 Linux > /dev/hda8 843 990 1188778+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda9 991 1011 168651 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda10 1012 1027 128488+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) > > and I know that on /dev/hda8 I can find the vmlinuz file , that > Debian Linux should look for . > I once had Red Hat Linux 7.1 on /dev/hda10 and then Slackware on > the same partition. > > Simply know for yourself , which of these many partitions contain > the respective kernels (vmlinuz in either case). > > As I was quoting from the Linux box I use / mis-use at home , > /dev/hda8 contained the vmlinuz (kernel) , that I wanted > debian to look at , and /dev/hda10 had the vmlinuz(kernel) > that I wanted RedHat to look at. > > So the following might look like : > > > boot=/dev/hda > message=/boot/bootmess.txt > default=Windows > > root=/dev/hda8 > image=/vmlinuz > install=/boot/boot.b > map=/boot/map > > other=/dev/hda1 > label=Windows > other=/dev/hda10 > label=RedThopi > other=/dev/hda7 > label=Slack > > > Please do wait till somebody corrects anything that I might have > accidently omitted or mentioned wrongly. > >Best Wishes & Welcome to the Linux community, >Shyam > >As on Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 07:56:14AM +0530 , Pawan Dev said : > >> Is it possible to install two different varient of Linux in same machine and >> configuring LILO to boot both of them. I know this is weird question, but I >> am asking only for experiment only. Suppose I want to install both RH Linux >> and Mandrake Linux in one computer. With the lilo of anyone of them, how can >> the lilo find the image of another partition? like >> image =/boot/vmlinuz >> I think Loadlin can be one solution, but while booting from dos mode through >> loadlin, many problems arised. >> Can anybody suggest me, can gerub or lilo be used in such case? >> >> - Pawan Dev. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-india-help mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > >-- > >------------([EMAIL PROTECTED])--(=)--(Shyam)--------------- >"Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder." >"The truth is stranger than fiction." >--------------------------------------------------------- > >_______________________________________________ >linux-india-help mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >linux-india-help mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
