Hi John, OK I do not no about w2k but I had win XP and MD8.0 run together for 6 months until the drive crashed - no fault of the OS's - after replacement I use them seperate. While it was working it worked fine. It was a cleaen drive to start - I used partition magic to partition the disk. Like.. hda1 - win xp hda5 - MD8.0 hda6 - swap Installed win xp first then MD8.0 This is to let linux detect OS's and config lilo and write to MBR What now happens is when pick win xp on GUI it start win xp loader and there you pick again if req. If you pick linux then it start. ************** In your case lets asume clean drive. Ok you can partition as follow. hda1 - w2k hda2 - extended partition hda5 - linux flavour 1 hda6 - swap ( only one for both flavours they wont be running at the same time - mine works like that) hda7 - linux flavour 2.. Maybe a dos partition after hda2 for a transfer area between the OS's - linux can read vfat 16, 32 but i do not now other flavours and visa versa.. You need a common denominator to transfer stuf around - I use dos partition for that reason. If you do this then part no's change. ********************* Again if it is a clean drive you can use linux to patition the drive as suggested - then install first flavour in EXPERT mode to HDA5 or 7 - (it does not really matter) - to prevent MD to write the MBR. Now install w2k on HDA1.(it will write to MBR) Then install flavour 2 to your open linux partition - now you may use auto install - you need to let it detect and config lilo and write MBR. Be sure to make boot disks. Now if all go to plan your last install wil be in charge of booting. Maybe you may need my example of lilo.conf to correct your config. ************ If this is a LIVE disk you need someting like partition magic it works very nice BUT it failed me once. Maybe linux can partition live drive - I do not know. Then do as suggested and install. *********** Now something interesting - I read it in a linux mag and tried it - it works. If you have a second drive - you can create there a partiton to put the swap or /home - and maybe more I only tried this. *********** Ok if all this works you may access the other flavour from the live flavour by mounting it manually (would not advize to put it in fstab). What is importend here if you accessed the not live then you can not do like cd /boot it will revert to live one - you MUST do like cd /manx/root then it will move inside the not live flavour. ************ Ok I have these rack and trays and seven HD's of diiferent makes and size. My Importent 2 drives I keep save - the rest I do experiment with.
Trust the above will be of assistance. Feel free to ask if you need more info - it is difficult to know what you need. Enjoy Johan ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Richard Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 12:34 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Multiboot on same drive > Johan Scheepers wrote: > > >Hi to John Richard Smith , <snip> > > > > > Thanks, > I understand this completely. > > You are installing 3 quite different OS's on one or more hard drive, fine. > > But what if your installing, W2k, M9.1 , and another M9.1 on the same > hard drive. > The second M9.1 to be used purely for updating with latest cooker > updates. How do you do that ? > > John > > -- > John Richard Smith > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
