Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 20:45 -0700, Collins Richey wrote: On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:17:23 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] One gotcha: be sure to remember which partition contains the active grub.conf Once I decided to remove a partition to install another distro, but I forgot that that partition was the active grub.conf. No bootie until I used the recovery CDROM. Funny.. I have RH9/FC2/Gentoo/XP on my drive and all of it is booted through 1 grub.conf. -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 17:24:41 up 8:09, 6 users, load average: 0.18, 0.34, 0.33 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On 21:32 Mon 28 Feb , Bo Grimes wrote: First, thanks for all the feedback on video cards. I am about to attempt my first Gentoo install, and I plan on taking it very slowly since the whole reason I want to go Gentoo is to find my last distro, optimize it for my system and learn as much as possible in the process. However, I don't want to have to run to the kids' XP computer every time I want to use the forums, post to the list or go to irc. Right now I have Linux on hdb3 and Windows 98 on hda1 with a FAT32 partition for Windows apps on hdb1. HDB2 is swap. I want to keep the 6 gig hda1 with Windows just for a few educational games my kids still use that wouldn't run on XP, but I want to use hdb1 for Gentoo. I have never put two versions of Linux on one computer. I want to keep hdb3 for my use while installing Gentoo on hdb1. Is this do-able? Are there any pitfalls to watch out for? Yes, you can do this. In fact, if you follow the alternate install guide in the gentoo handbook, you can install gentoo from your other distro. Bill -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Bo Grimes wrote: Right now I have Linux on hdb3 and Windows 98 on hda1 with a FAT32 partition for Windows apps on hdb1. HDB2 is swap. I want to keep the 6 gig hda1 with Windows just for a few educational games my kids still use that wouldn't run on XP, but I want to use hdb1 for Gentoo. This will work fine, grub can handle plenty of multiboot situations. I have never put two versions of Linux on one computer. I want to keep hdb3 for my use while installing Gentoo on hdb1. Is this do-able? Are there any pitfalls to watch out for? Well, one obvious pitfall is accidentally formatting the wrong partition (guilty of that ONCE, and ONCE only) =) In my time of using linux, I've found the easiest way to multiboot different distributions is to share a common /boot between them all, where you put all your kernels into that partition, and have a single grub.conf for everything (Which can be managed from any of the distributions). In my ideal partition scheme for multiple distros on hdb, with windows on hda I would have the following partition scheme: Grub installed on the MBR of hda hda1 is a windows partition hdb1 /boot hdb2 SWAP hdb3 / for distro 1 hdb4 / for distro 2 Note that you can setup extended partitions if you want to break out /home and share that between distro's. your grub.conf would be similar to: default 0 timeout 10 splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=distro1 root (hd1,0) kernel /distro1-2.6.10 root=/dev/hdb3 title=distro2 root (hd1,0) kernel /distro2-2.6.8.1 root=/dev/hdb4 title=Windows root (hd0,0) chainloader +1 This method will scale up to as many drives and distro's as you can toss into the machine. Hope this gets you on your way, Christopher Fisk -- If you want to stay dad you've got to polish your image. I think the image we need to create for you is repentant but learning. -- Calvin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 09:36:05 -0500 (EST), Christopher Fisk wrote: In my time of using linux, I've found the easiest way to multiboot different distributions is to share a common /boot between them all, where you put all your kernels into that partition, and have a single grub.conf for everything (Which can be managed from any of the distributions). The other way, which works especially well when you are continually adding and removing distros, is to set up your main distro normally, then install the bootloader for the other distros into the root partition of that distro, instead of the MBR. Then you only need the following entry in grub.conf to boot the alternate distro and nothing else on your main setup is touched. title Some other distro root (hdX,Y) chainloader +1 -- Neil Bothwick If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? pgp5Rpp48pfqd.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
Bill Davidson wrote: Yes, you can do this. In fact, if you follow the alternate install guide in the gentoo handbook, you can install gentoo from your other distro. Thanks to all for the input thus far. I knew I could dual-boot, because I am, but I have never run two Linux versions on the same drive, but it doesn't sound vastly different, so thanks again for the help, especially some of the partitioning examples. Regarding the above, I have been reading the handbook and saw that possibility. My primary concern right now isn't to just get Gentoo running; it's to get a real Linux education. Would installing from my current distro accomplish that just as well, y'all think? TIA. I'll take my answer off the air. :-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Neil Bothwick wrote: The other way, which works especially well when you are continually adding and removing distros, is to set up your main distro normally, then install the bootloader for the other distros into the root partition of that distro, instead of the MBR. Then you only need the following entry in grub.conf to boot the alternate distro and nothing else on your main setup is touched. title Some other distro root (hdX,Y) chainloader +1 The disadvantage of this is that you need to have a working bootloader on each partition, and if you install a bootloader incorrectly for that distribution of the day, you can wipe out your existing bootloader. Certainly go with whatever you feel most comfortable with, but I'm the type of person who would prefer to have all my kernels in one place. Another advantage to this (Assuming the same version of gcc is used for each distribution) is that you can use the same kernel for every distribution. Christopher Fisk -- It must be awful to be a girl. I'm sure it's frustrating knowing that men are bigger, stronger and better at abstract thought than women. Really, if you are a girl, what would make you go on living? --Calvin, Dictator-For-Life, of GROSS (Get Rid Of Slimy girlS) -- Cop: He's making a break for it. Get him! Fry: No, no, I was just picking my nose. Cop: He's picking his nose. Get him! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:30:38 -0500 (EST), Christopher Fisk wrote: The other way, which works especially well when you are continually adding and removing distros, is to set up your main distro normally, then install the bootloader for the other distros into the root partition of that distro, instead of the MBR. The disadvantage of this is that you need to have a working bootloader on each partition, and if you install a bootloader incorrectly for that distribution of the day, you can wipe out your existing bootloader. What fun is life without a little danger :) As with the other methods proposed, you should always keep a backup of your existing boot setup. Certainly go with whatever you feel most comfortable with, but I'm the type of person who would prefer to have all my kernels in one place. When testing distros, I prefer to keep the whole distro in one place, instead of mixing files from different distros in one partition. I have done it this way, but keeping them separate makes for easier removal. If you need to have two or more distros permanently installed, integrating them as you suggest makes more sense, although in that case, prefer to have the secondary distros in VMWare to save rebooting to get at hem. Another advantage to this (Assuming the same version of gcc is used for each distribution) is that you can use the same kernel for every distribution. Some distros expect you to be using their, often heavily, patched kernels and may fall over when running without some of those patches. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 44: Advanced BASIC pgpTpVkRjwzia.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
Neil Bothwick wrote: The other way, which works especially well when you are continually adding and removing distros, is to set up your main distro normally, then install the bootloader for the other distros into the root partition of that distro, instead of the MBR. Right now my MBR is on my Windows drive (hda1), and Linux is on my second drive. (I don't remember if it's slaved or not or if it matters). This being the case, is my memory correct that the bios will try to boot from hda, and if I put Grub on my current Linux distro instead of the MBR, I'll have problems? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:30:38 -0500 (EST), Christopher Fisk wrote: What fun is life without a little danger :) You are asking that of a person who makes a living at IT? I much prefer a nice boring day than a Fix it or your fired day. As with the other methods proposed, you should always keep a backup of your existing boot setup. Here is one for the archives: #This will backup the MBR, but *NOT* the partition table dd if=/dev/hda of=mbr.bin bs=448 count=1 #This will backup the MBR + Partition tables dd if=/dev/hda of=mbr.bin bs=512 count=1 you can restore by going the other way. Or, if you aren't sure which you'll need, just backup the whole thing dd if=/dev/hda of=mbr.bin bs=512 count=1 And you can restore the whole thing if needed. Or, if you only need the boot loader, you can just do the first 448 of that mbr.bin dd if=mbr.bin of=/dev/hda bs=448 count=1 Backups *ARE* run. =) When testing distros, I prefer to keep the whole distro in one place, instead of mixing files from different distros in one partition. I have done it this way, but keeping them separate makes for easier removal. If you need to have two or more distros permanently installed, integrating them as you suggest makes more sense, although in that case, prefer to have the secondary distros in VMWare to save rebooting to get at hem. Perhaps I'm just past the part where screwing with partitions bothers me. Experiance is key in that department. Another advantage to this (Assuming the same version of gcc is used for each distribution) is that you can use the same kernel for every distribution. Some distros expect you to be using their, often heavily, patched kernels and may fall over when running without some of those patches. Bah, first thing I do is to get the latest vanilla kernel and use that. Christopher Fisk -- BOFH Excuse #195: We only support a 28000 bps connection. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:06:28 -0500 (EST), Christopher Fisk wrote: When testing distros, I prefer to keep the whole distro in one place, instead of mixing files from different distros in one partition. I have done it this way, but keeping them separate makes for easier removal. If you need to have two or more distros permanently installed, integrating them as you suggest makes more sense, although in that case, prefer to have the secondary distros in VMWare to save rebooting to get at them. Perhaps I'm just past the part where screwing with partitions bothers me. Experiance is key in that department. Screwing with partitions doesn't bother me either, I'm always resizing the moving them. My approach doesn't make any difference in that respect, it just makes removing the whole distro easier if it does not have files mixed in with those from other distros. When I had two distros installed long term, i booted them both for the same /boot partition. -- Neil Bothwick I am Barney of Borg: I love you. You love me. We're a happy Borg. pgpFW1RtiCa8u.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:39:31 +, Bo Grimes wrote: The other way, which works especially well when you are continually adding and removing distros, is to set up your main distro normally, then install the bootloader for the other distros into the root partition of that distro, instead of the MBR. Right now my MBR is on my Windows drive (hda1), and Linux is on my second drive. (I don't remember if it's slaved or not or if it matters). This being the case, is my memory correct that the bios will try to boot from hda, and if I put Grub on my current Linux distro instead of the MBR, I'll have problems? You must already have a suitable bootloader running on hda in order to be able to boot your current distro. I'm suggesting you install the bootloader to the root partition for your NEW distro, then chainload that from your current bootloader. It means you don't have to disturb your existing boot setup, so you shouldn't have any problems. -- Neil Bothwick We shall shortly be landing. Please return your stewardess to the upright position. pgpjd6s1G1Cc6.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
Neil Bothwick wrote: I'm suggesting you install the bootloader to the root partition for your NEW distro, then chainload that from your current bootloader. I see. Chainloading is a new concept to me. I assume it means what it sounds like it means, so I will research this more. Thanks a bunch! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
Bo Grimes wrote: Bill Davidson wrote: Yes, you can do this. In fact, if you follow the alternate install guide in the gentoo handbook, you can install gentoo from your other distro. Thanks to all for the input thus far. I knew I could dual-boot, because I am, but I have never run two Linux versions on the same drive, but it doesn't sound vastly different, so thanks again for the help, especially some of the partitioning examples. Regarding the above, I have been reading the handbook and saw that possibility. My primary concern right now isn't to just get Gentoo running; it's to get a real Linux education. Would installing from my current distro accomplish that just as well, y'all think? I would definitely suggest this path. That way you can have a window open with the handbook. If you have a laptop or another machine that might do but I would install this way next time (you won't be reinstalling gentoo very often, that is for sure!). Installing Gentoo, in any manner, will teach you more about linux in a day than you would learn in many moons with anything else (except maybe LFS, but that wouldn't take a day!). Just get stuck in. It is one of those never look back things. Have a bootable (knoppix or the Gentoo livedisk) handy in case you install over the bootloader. I have never really been interested in Grub cos it is more complicated than lilo, and lilo has never given me any probs at all (I always install to mbr as well). Cheers Antoine -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Antoine wrote: I have never really been interested in Grub cos it is more complicated than lilo, and lilo has never given me any probs at all (I always install to mbr as well). One huge advantage of grub over lilo is the fact that you can edit the boot choices from within grub, so if you find out you typo'd something, you can edit it and still get in without booting to a rescue disk. Christopher Fisk -- BOFH Excuse #345: Having to manually track the satellite. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
Christopher Fisk wrote: On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Antoine wrote: I have never really been interested in Grub cos it is more complicated than lilo, and lilo has never given me any probs at all (I always install to mbr as well). One huge advantage of grub over lilo is the fact that you can edit the boot choices from within grub, so if you find out you typo'd something, you can edit it and still get in without booting to a rescue disk. Christopher Fisk As far as i know lilo needs to record the address in the HD where the kernel is located, make it very hardware-depedent, that's why even if you change a minimal option in the kernel (for example tweaking a few things in .config), you need to re-run lilo. Instead GRUB lets that job to the filesystem itself, (specifying root partition), so even if you do big changes to the kernel, as long as you don't change the filename (if you do, you only need to edit menu.lst) things will work fine without touching grub. I really recommend Grub, probably it is a bit tricky to understand it at first (but hey!, lilo doesn't look _that_ easy either) ,but you won't find any un-answered question in the info pages, 20 minutes carefully reading it will save you hours and days of booting problems (it has happened to me). Regards, -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
At Tue, 01 Mar 2005 11:06:28 -0500 (EST) Christopher Fisk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And you can restore the whole thing if needed. Or, if you only need the boot loader, you can just do the first 448 of that mbr.bin dd if=mbr.bin of=/dev/hda bs=448 count=1 Thanks for this. I hadn't realized that dd would do a read-modify-write to write a partial sector. allan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Collins Richey wrote: You probably love emacs, too grin. I still don't know why someone would want to run an Operating system like emacs inside of thier operating system of Linux. But I digress... :w! ZZ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:33:33 -0500 (EST), Christopher Fisk wrote: I still don't know why someone would want to run an Operating system like emacs inside of thier operating system of Linux. But I digress... Because without Linux they wouldn't have a text editor :) -- Neil Bothwick God said, div D = rho, div B = 0, curl E = - @B/@t, curl H = J + @D/@t, and there was light. pgpD1nlDpaGiK.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:25:24 -0400, Luis F. Araujo wrote: As far as i know lilo needs to record the address in the HD where the kernel is located, make it very hardware-depedent, that's why even if you change a minimal option in the kernel (for example tweaking a few things in .config), you need to re-run lilo. Which also makes it impossible to change the settings from another OS. Now that GRUB provides a one-time boot option for a new kernel, essential when working remotely, I don't see any advantage to LILO beyond familiarity. -- Neil Bothwick If it doesn't move, eat it. If it moves, kill it. Then eat it. pgpMECVyVIo3y.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:25:24 -0400 Luis F. Araujo wrote: As far as i know lilo needs to record the address in the HD where the kernel is located, make it very hardware-depedent, that's why even if you change a minimal option in the kernel (for example tweaking a few things in .config), you need to re-run lilo. Thats right, more particularly the lilo bootloader does not understand filesystems at all. It understands raw blocks on the hard drive. When you run lilo (the executable not the bootloader) after changing the config file or installing a new kernel it records the block numbers of the kernel file (and the initrd if there is one i guess?) into a map. On boot the lilo boot loader can read the map and say give me blocks 123,124 536 on the first hard drive, I am gonna treat that as a kernel and try and boot it This has two corollaries: 1. if you install a new kernel, even with the same name, it is going to be on different blocks on the hard drive and you need to re-run lilo to get a new map created 2. when you run lilo *all* of the kernels in your lilo.conf have to be on filesystems that are mounted, or else lilo cannot create the map. OTOH grub understands (many) filesystems [1], and you can tell it the kernel is (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz - it will find that file even if you delete the old vmlinuz and install a new one on different disk blocks. [1] on my server at work grub has stage 1.5 files for the following filesystems: ext2/3,jfs,xfs,minix,fat,vstafs (whatever that is),ffs (ditto) and reiser. This does raise the option of having grub and its menu file on a dos/win partition so that you can amend the menu from windows or from linux. handy Instead GRUB lets that job to the filesystem itself, (specifying root partition), so even if you do big changes to the kernel, as long as you don't change the filename (if you do, you only need to edit menu.lst) things will work fine without touching grub. -- Nick Rout Barrister Solicitor Christchurch http://www.rout.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 09:45:58 +1300, Nick Rout wrote: [1] on my server at work grub has stage 1.5 files for the following filesystems: ext2/3,jfs,xfs,minix,fat,vstafs (whatever that is),ffs (ditto) ffs is the Amiga Fast FileSystem. -- Neil Bothwick There's more to life than sex, beer and computers. Not a lot more admittedly... pgp1jWTWZ58yw.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 20:33, Collins Richey wrote: On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:20:37 +0100, Antoine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have never really been interested in Grub cos it is more complicated than lilo You probably love emacs, too grin. I love xemacsgrub. But it is ok, to prefer nano to emacs. Really. As long as you are not using vi(m) ;) jokes aside. Grub is a lot user friendlier than lilo. It is hard to set both of them up for the first time, but Grub is a lot less sensitive than lilo. If you forgot to rerun lilo or put the kernel in the conf, you are screwed. Happy bootdisk searching! I suspect every lilo-user has forgotten this at least one time. If you forgot to put the kernel in your menu.lst, you can easily edit the boot line and everything will work fine. And no need to rerun something. You can make errors with grub, and still boot and that makes it so friendly. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On 10:22 Tue 01 Mar , Bo Grimes wrote: Bill Davidson wrote: Yes, you can do this. In fact, if you follow the alternate install guide in the gentoo handbook, you can install gentoo from your other distro. Regarding the above, I have been reading the handbook and saw that possibility. My primary concern right now isn't to just get Gentoo running; it's to get a real Linux education. Would installing from my current distro accomplish that just as well, y'all think? I'd say so. One of the main advantages however is that you have a running system while installing gentoo. Installation from a live cd means that unless you have another machine, you have to wait until gentoo is installed before you can do anything. My $0.02 Bill -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
Yes, it is doable, it would be a problem if they were in the same partition, but that doesn't seem to be your case. On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:32:16 +, Bo Grimes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First, thanks for all the feedback on video cards. I am about to attempt my first Gentoo install, and I plan on taking it very slowly since the whole reason I want to go Gentoo is to find my last distro, optimize it for my system and learn as much as possible in the process. However, I don't want to have to run to the kids' XP computer every time I want to use the forums, post to the list or go to irc. Right now I have Linux on hdb3 and Windows 98 on hda1 with a FAT32 partition for Windows apps on hdb1. HDB2 is swap. I want to keep the 6 gig hda1 with Windows just for a few educational games my kids still use that wouldn't run on XP, but I want to use hdb1 for Gentoo. I have never put two versions of Linux on one computer. I want to keep hdb3 for my use while installing Gentoo on hdb1. Is this do-able? Are there any pitfalls to watch out for? TIA -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 09:32:16PM +, Bo Grimes wrote: Right now I have Linux on hdb3 and Windows 98 on hda1 with a FAT32 partition for Windows apps on hdb1. HDB2 is swap. I want to keep the 6 gig hda1 with Windows just for a few educational games my kids still use that wouldn't run on XP, but I want to use hdb1 for Gentoo. I have never put two versions of Linux on one computer. I want to keep hdb3 for my use while installing Gentoo on hdb1. Is this do-able? Are there any pitfalls to watch out for? There are a lot of gotchas to multi-booting x86 machines; the architecture just wasn't designed for it. I'd say the answer is a qualified yes, it should work. But you should expect to spend some quality time with this and have complete back-ups, and know how to restore them, if there's anything you want to save. That's the only pitfall you really have to worry about. Back the data up or consider it lost when you start. -- Adam Fabian ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
Bo Grimes wrote: First, thanks for all the feedback on video cards. I am about to attempt my first Gentoo install, and I plan on taking it very slowly since the whole reason I want to go Gentoo is to find my last distro, optimize it for my system and learn as much as possible in the process. However, I don't want to have to run to the kids' XP computer every time I want to use the forums, post to the list or go to irc. Right now I have Linux on hdb3 and Windows 98 on hda1 with a FAT32 partition for Windows apps on hdb1. HDB2 is swap. I want to keep the 6 gig hda1 with Windows just for a few educational games my kids still use that wouldn't run on XP, but I want to use hdb1 for Gentoo. I have never put two versions of Linux on one computer. I want to keep hdb3 for my use while installing Gentoo on hdb1. Is this do-able? Are there any pitfalls to watch out for? TIA -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list I have windowsXP, Mandrake 10.1 and Gentoo all on the same computer, with no problems (other than the ones I create). -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 22:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are a lot of gotchas to multi-booting x86 machines; the architecture just wasn't designed for it. I'd say the answer is a qualified yes, it should work. But you should expect to spend some quality time with this and have complete back-ups, and know how to restore them, if there's anything you want to save. That's the only pitfall you really have to worry about. Back the data up or consider it lost when you start. I am forced to disagree with you about this I thought that it was the software (Microsoft) that just wasn't designed for it. Well, I run Windows XP Pro, Fedora Core 1 and Gentoo (and I have partitions prepared for 2 more distros) with no problems (well, a couple or several in Windows XP Pro). I still am working on some configurations in Gentoo, though, but I am confident that I can get the last few things fixed in Gentoo. I use my /boot, /home and /pub (storage) partitions in common with the Linux distros. Here is my partitioning scheme: Disk /dev/hda: 82.3 GB, 82348277760 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 10011 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 110 80293+ 83 Linux /dev/hda211 254 1959930 83 Linux /dev/hda3 255 316498015 83 Linux /dev/hda4 317 10011 77875087+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 317 1290 7823623+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 1291 1899 4891761 83 Linux /dev/hda7 1900 2508 4891761 83 Linux /dev/hda8 2509 3117 4891761 83 Linux /dev/hda9 3118 10011 55376023+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/hdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 7 56196 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 8 130987997+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb3 131 143104422+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb4 144 19457 1551397055 Extended /dev/hdb5 144 1056 7333641 83 Linux /dev/hdb6 1057 1665 4891761 83 Linux /dev/hdb7 1666 2274 4891761 83 Linux /dev/hdb8 2275 2883 4891761 83 Linux /dev/hdb9 2884 3492 4891761 83 Linux /dev/hdb10 3493 4101 4891761 83 Linux /dev/hdb11 4102 8357 34186288+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb12 8358 19457 89160718+ 83 Linux My /etc/fstab files (hdc is a removable hard disk drive): # Duron 950 Fedora Core 1 tinwhistle /etc/fstab file /dev/hda8 / ext3defaults 1 1 /dev/hda1 /boot ext3defaults 1 2 none/dev/ptsdevpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 /dev/hdb11 /home ext3defaults 1 2 none/proc procdefaults 0 0 none/dev/shmtmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb12 /pubext3defaults 1 2 /dev/hda2 swapswapdefaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/fd0/mnt/floppy autonoauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 #/dev/hdb8 /mnt/fc2ext3defaults 1 2 #/dev/hdb9 /mnt/fc3ext3defaults 1 2 #/dev/hdc1 /mnt/backup ext3defaults 1 2 #/dev/hdc1 /mnt/wavext3defaults 1 2 #/dev/hdc1 /mnt/fat32 vfatdefaults 0 0 # Duron 950 Gentoo tinwhistle /etc/fstab file: static file system information. # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/fstab,v 1.14 2003/10/13 20:03:38 azarah Exp $ # # noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally aren't # needed; notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of storage # efficiency). It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to # switch between notail and tail freely. # fs mountpointtype opts dump/pass # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. /dev/hda1 /boot ext3noauto,noatime 1 1 /dev/hda3 / ext3noatime 1 2 /dev/hda2 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/hda5 /usrext3noatime
Re: [gentoo-user] Two Distros, One Drive
I have never put two versions of Linux on one computer. I want to keep hdb3 for my use while installing Gentoo on hdb1. Is this do-able? Are the grub.conf.example IIRC covers this issue there any pitfalls to watch out for? not really, as long as you have suitable boot media can mount a partition and make the necessary repairs/edits. -mw __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
