RH9/FC3 dual boot - some basic questions

Hi all
Want to dual boot RH9 and FC3 to be run on two different
disks...Some
basic questions during install and post-install.

a. Already running RH9 in a disk - hda - hda1 and hda2 are the two
partitions

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this
file
# NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda1
# initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-6smp)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-6smp ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-6smp.img
title Red Hat Linux-up (2.4.20-6)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-6 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-6.img


b. Need to install FC3 in another disk - hdb - formatted disk with
one
linux parition


c. Install FC3 on hdb - boot loader screen - planning to select -
no
boot loader so as to not overwrite the RH9 boot loader info...the FC3
install says that I will need a startup disk/backup disk to run the
system. I exited out at this point, pending answers to questions
below.

Questions are

1. After install on hdb and restart, can I mount hdb from RH9 and
then get the grub.conf information from /boot/grub/grub.conf of hdb
(FC3)?

2. From (1), update the /boot/grub/grub.conf of hda (RH9) to add
info from (1) and run dual-boot after restart?

Thanks in advance
Sri

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: REQ: Newbie Qustion Re: Hard Drives, etc...
    ... I use a floppy to boot into RH9. ... If you don't have fdisk, try a "man -k fdisk" to see ... You can now boot with the FC install ...
    (comp.os.linux.misc)
  • Re: boot hdb?
    ... RH9 onto hdb and your goal is as stated which I read to mean that you ... Change the boot order in BIOS if possible. ... Boot into grub on your current hda and then install grub onto hdb's mbr. ... Now your old hda will be hdb but at boot, grub should load your RH9 ...
    (RedHat)
  • Re: REQ: Newbie Qustion Re: Hard Drives, etc...
    ... I use a floppy to boot into RH9. ... If you don't have fdisk, try a "man -k fdisk" to see ... When the installer comes up with a list of drives to install into, ...
    (comp.os.linux.misc)
  • Re: Dual Boot with FC3 and Win 2K
    ... Set the drive up with FC3 as the master on the first channel and the ... Boot the system and mount it with the Fedora rescue or 1st cd. ... Now this is assuming that the boot partition is the first partition ... FC3 tries to install Firefox and then tells me ...
    (Fedora)
  • Re: fc3, fc4, fc5, grub
    ... It used grub to boot fc3 or WinXP Pro, ... When I installed fc5 I had it install grub. ... In a couple of installation tries of fc5 it was as though the boot sector was untouched. ...
    (Fedora)