From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: pa3gcu Subject: Re: How to install two linux OSes on the same PC Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 15:58:08 +0000 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <0302051558080F.19519@unix.pa3gcu> References: <3E418B46.633C0199@npd.hcltech.com> Reply-To: pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: In-Reply-To: <3E418B46.633C0199@npd.hcltech.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Narsimha Reddy CHALLA , linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 05 February 2003 22:08, Narsimha Reddy CHALLA wrote: > Hi All, > > I want to do two different linux installations rh 7.2 and rh > 8.0 on the same pc with single hard disk. I installed the rh 7.2 in > partitions say /dev/hda5 ( /) , /dev/hda6 (/home) , /dev/hda7 ( > /usr) , > /dev/hda8 ( /tmp),... /dev/hda11 etc. > > But how can I install the rh 8.0 in partitions say /dev/hda12 > ( as "/" ) ... etc ?? Since the installer won't allow as there > already exists a "/" partition for the rh 7.2 and tries to override > it with the root partition of rh 8.0. So I tried giving a different > lable to the root partition of rh 8.0 say /root1 and other partitions > as /root1/usr, /root1/home, /root1/tmp etc. But here also the installer > is looking for the partition named "/" and without that the installation > is not happening. > > > Please give your suggestions on how to resolve this problem. Edit properly in that menu where it ask's for partition info for installing. I have Redhat 7.2, slackware gentoo and peanut all on one disk. Slackware was installed first, then redhat. > > > At present my partition table with single installation (rh 7.2) is, > > [root@creddy-pc root]# fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2434 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 261 2096451 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda2 262 2434 17454622+ 5 Extended > /dev/hda5 262 522 2096451 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda6 523 653 1052226 83 Linux > /dev/hda7 654 1175 4192933+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda8 1176 1371 1574338+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda9 1372 1436 522081 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda10 1437 1501 522081 83 Linux > /dev/hda11 1502 1566 522081 83 Linux > [root@creddy-pc root]# > > > TIA, > - Narsimha Reddy CH -- Regards Richard pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs