On Wednesday 03 April 2002 01:44, you wrote: > Zlatko Savic wrote: > > hey everyone, i have a weird question and i am trying to ask it > > without confusing everyone, even myself. > > I installed my MD 7.1 some time ago with the following setup: > > > > /(root) on /dev/hda5 > > swap on /dev/hda6 > > /home on /dev/hda7 > > > > Now I am trying (if it is possible, that is) to separate my /boot > > directory from the /(root) . Basically, without reinstalling, > > formatting or doing anything to my system I want to separate /(root) > > and /boot that are on /dev/hda5 so that I get something like: > > > > /boot on /dev/hda5 > > /(root) on /dev/hda6 > > swap on /dev/hda7 > > /home on /dev/hda8 > > > > I have played around previously with some ideas and they all lead me > > to a complete reinstall of the system so that is why I am asking for > > your help. The reason for this question is my desire to make a dual > > linux boot without completely deleting my current linux install. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Zlatko Savic > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > Well, you can do it if they are ext2 filesystems using ext2resize which > is available in tarball form (the rpms are unlikely to install on 7.1, > because rpm has changed versions, and so has glibc and gcc and ...) You > would make a new hda patrition FOLLOWING the resized /. > > But for dual-boot you do NOT need a separate /boot > > All you need to do is drag the kernel and the initrd > (vmlinuz-(kernelnumber)-(buildinfo) and > initrd.img-(kernelnumber-buildinfo)) from the /boot of the new install > to the /boot of the old install, then use DrakConf to redo your boot > (and the drop down lists will include the new kernel and initrds) making > sure the root identified in the new boot is the root of the new install. > For luck, run /sbin/lilo as root then reboot and you should have the > dual-boot established. > > More info on this approach is at > > http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=473&lang=en > > and I did author that article. > > Civileme
I guess the answer to the question , why dual boot Linux OS's with a seperate /boot partition, is because that is the way DrakX expects to find it and as such it is the way DrakX installs everything for you without having to go through all the unnecessary workarounds afterwards. All you have to do is make sure that your lilo stanzas are correct in the second Linux OS install so that they include the kernel/initrd files of the first linux Os install, then it's a straight and simple bootup into either Linux OS of your choice. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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