[laptop-discuss] help with multi-boot installtion in a laptop

2009-02-17 Thread Greg Palmer
steeles wrote: > I played around, and installed window, Fedora, then it failed on Solaris > installation, it said its grub is not compatible with other grub. so I think > it won't support solaris and Fedora at the same machine, unless do something > else. > > i don't have to time to play around

[laptop-discuss] help with multi-boot installtion in a laptop

2009-02-17 Thread James Cornell
Fedora on ext3 with Grub installed to superblock (Bootable Fedora partition) using OpenSolaris Grub (Mbr) to chainload will work. James On Feb 17, 2009, at 11:00 AM, steeles wrote: > I played around, and installed window, Fedora, then it failed on > Solaris installation, it said its grub is

[laptop-discuss] help with multi-boot installtion in a laptop

2009-02-17 Thread steeles
I played around, and installed window, Fedora, then it failed on Solaris installation, it said its grub is not compatible with other grub. so I think it won't support solaris and Fedora at the same machine, unless do something else. i don't have to time to play around, so only installed windows

[laptop-discuss] help with multi-boot installtion in a laptop

2009-02-16 Thread Gustavo Reyes
steeles: U resolved this issue? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[laptop-discuss] help with multi-boot installtion in a laptop

2009-02-13 Thread steeles
so far, all working fine, except screen resolution is not high as I want, it can only go up to 1280X800.. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[laptop-discuss] help with multi-boot installtion in a laptop

2009-02-10 Thread Greg Palmer
steeles wrote: > I chose E6400(14.4'' LCD), because I don't like to carry a heavy laptop > everyday, while E6500 has 15'' LCD. > > I picked, 2.8G CPU, privacy screen with Nvidia 160M, 250GB hard drive 4G > 2-dimm memory.. > > I like it a lot more compared to D610/D30, it is more like thinkpad. lo

[laptop-discuss] help with multi-boot installtion in a laptop

2009-02-10 Thread steeles
I chose E6400(14.4'' LCD), because I don't like to carry a heavy laptop everyday, while E6500 has 15'' LCD. I picked, 2.8G CPU, privacy screen with Nvidia 160M, 250GB hard drive 4G 2-dimm memory.. I like it a lot more compared to D610/D30, it is more like thinkpad. looks more professional

[laptop-discuss] help with multi-boot installtion in a laptop

2009-02-09 Thread Greg Palmer
steeles wrote: > Hi guys, need some help here. > > I got a new Dell E6400 laptop, and tried to install 3 OS, according to > someone's blog, I installed Xp, then Soalris, then Fedora 8. > > After solaris installed, there is no problem booting up xp and solaris 10. > > I was able to install fedora,

[laptop-discuss] help with multi-boot installtion in a laptop

2009-02-09 Thread Ignacio Marambio Catán
did you replace solaris' grub with fedoras? On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 5:47 PM, steeles wrote: > Hi guys, need some help here. > > I got a new Dell E6400 laptop, and tried to install 3 OS, according to > someone's blog, I installed Xp, then Soalris, then Fedora 8. > > After solaris installed, there

[laptop-discuss] help with multi-boot installtion in a laptop

2009-02-09 Thread Glenn Lagasse
* Gustavo Reyes (gperezreyes at correoargentino.com.ar) wrote: > add to menu.lst of Solaris > > title Fedora > rootnoverify (hd0,#) <-- point to "/" of fedora, where GRUB was installed > makeactive Actually you probably don't want makeactive. It sets the partition where Fedora is installed

[laptop-discuss] help with multi-boot installtion in a laptop

2009-02-09 Thread Gustavo Reyes
add to menu.lst of Solaris title Fedora rootnoverify (hd0,#) <-- point to "/" of fedora, where GRUB was installed makeactive chainloader +1 The partition numbers for extended partitions are counted from 4, regardless of the actual number of primary partitions on your hard disk, see before t

[laptop-discuss] help with multi-boot installtion in a laptop

2009-02-09 Thread steeles
Hi guys, need some help here. I got a new Dell E6400 laptop, and tried to install 3 OS, according to someone's blog, I installed Xp, then Soalris, then Fedora 8. After solaris installed, there is no problem booting up xp and solaris 10. I was able to install fedora, do all it asks for, like LVM