Hi Mike,
Nope, wasn't answered yet, so I appreciate the response. I'm still a bit
confused though.
When you say "filesystems" do you mean partitions ? Or is it something else
?
In the past with a dual-boot system, I installed lilo to the mbr, so that is
what I would do here. So, would I still need , say, two /boot partitions if
I was installing 2 distros ? But, those partitions would not necessarily
need to be within the 1024 boundry ? For example, if I set this up as win98
having the first 10gb, mandrakeprime install next 15 gb and mandrake test
install in the last 15 gb, could the /boot partitions for each linux install
be placed at the (approx) 11gb and 16 gb sections of disk ? Hope these
questions make some sense.
Thanks for your help,
Philomena
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Corbeil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] How-to have Multiple distros on one hard drive
> May have already been answered, but in case it hasn't I'll provide an
answer.
>
> You need a separate /boot for each Linux configuration you have installed.
> Whether or not you give /boot it's own filesystem or make it part of the /
> filesystem partition is up to you (I have separate filesystems for /boot,
/,
> /usr, /usr/local, /usr/src, /home, /var and /tmp, but all of these can
also be
> placed on the same filesystem partition using a single partition for your
the
> entire Linux configuration).
>
> Making /boot a separate filesystem makes it easier to keep this below the
1024
> cyl boundary; however, this isn't necessary, if you install lilo or the
boot
> manager in the mbr, which is what I'ld recommend doing for a system like
> your's, with one huge hdd, or even if you have multiple HDDs.
>
> By placing lilo or the boot manager in the mbr, the 1024 cyl. boundary
problem
> is circumvented, because the mbr is at the beginning of hda.
>
> Also create boot floppies for each of your configurations, and read
through the
> HOWTO on large disks. You could probably find this through the LDP web
site,
> but I thought this was www.linuxdoc.org and this isn't producing
anything, or
> not much anyway. There's another web site for the LDP documentation, and
this
> web site contains links to all of the HOWTOs, FAQs, and other
documentation.
> I'm not sure how to get to that web site, but you can probably find a link
to
> it through the Mandrake web site, or RedHat's, looking through the
> documentation pages of these sites.
>
> mike
>
>
>
> philomena wrote:
>
>
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I just got a machine with a 40 GB drive. For various reasons I would
like
> > to
> > > try and setup Windows (I know, I know - I need it for work..),
Mandrake
> > and
> > > another linux distro - possibly suse, or have a second mandrake
install
> > for
> > > playing around with new stuff, yet maintain a stable install. I have
> > plenty
> > > enough disk for this, and have setup a dual-boot windows/mandrake
system
> > > before. But, I'm not sure about approaching this - the threads I read
> > today
> > > about what you can and can't have below the 1024 cylinder got me
thinking.
> > > For this, would I need 2 \boot partitons ? Is that possible ? Or just
the
> > > one for lilo and then just partition the heck out of the machine ?
> > >
> > > help !
> > >
> > > thx,
> > > phil
> > >
>
>
>
>
>
