Kevin Ferguson wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >> Kevin Ferguson wrote: >> >> >>> Hi Guys >>> >>> Some time ago someone posted regarding dual booting to different linux >>> distro's. >>> >>> I believe some responded by saying you could edit the lilo.conf file by >>> adding the following. >>> >>> image=/boot/vmlinuz >>> label="Redhat" >>> root=/dev/hdb1 >>> >>> I think the above looks right I just don't want mess up my lilo.conf >>> file. If some one can confirm the above will work dual booting two >>> different linux distro's? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Kevin >>> >>> >> >> Exactly what you use depends on how you want to do the dual boot. If you >> want Redhat to use its own boot loader, and just transfere control to >> it, then you would want something like: >> >> other=/dev/hdb >> lable="Redhat" >> >> or >> >> other=/dev/hdb1 >> lable="Redhat" >> >> The use of /dev/hdb or /dev/hdbb1 depends on where you had Redhat's boot >> loader install itself when you installed. If you installed to the MBR of >> the second hard drive, use /dev/hdb. If you had it install to the root >> partition, use /dev/hdb1. >> >> What happens with this setup is that when you pick Redhat from >> Mandrake's boot menu, you get Redhat's boot menu. The advantage here is >> that when you update the kernel in Redhat, it takes care of updating the >> boot menu for you. >> >> If you just want one boot loader, that can be done too, but it is a LOT >> more work, and you have to run lilo yourself in Mandrake when you update >> the Redhat kernel. >> >> Mikkel >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> ____________________________________________________ >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to >> http://www.mandrakestore.com >> Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com >> ____________________________________________________ >> >> > Thanks Mikkel > > My temporary work round until I get this to work correctly is to use a > bootable cdrom. Pleased to say my bootable cdrom works ;) > > I'll tinker until I get it right thanks again. > > Kevin > > > Well, if you are using lilo with Redhat, then what you will want to do is boot into Redhat, and edit /etc/lilo.conf. Change the "boot=" line to read "boot=/dev/hdb1". Run lilo to write it to the drive.
The next time you boot Mandrake, edit /etc/lilo.conf and put in the Redhat entry. other=/dev/hdb1 lable="Redhat" The run lilo. You should now be able to boot Redhat by picking it from the menu, and then picking hte correct boot option from the Redhat boot loader. You can also make Grub work, but I don't remember the correct Grub configuration option. If you are using Grub to boot Redhat, send me a copy of your grub.conf file, and I will let you know the change. (I have set up grub this way, but I don't remember the correct syntax.) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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