I am running a dual-boot Win98-RedHat7.1 machine . AND , I wish (ardently) to also have Debian on my box .
Since I am already using vmlinuz-2.4.2-2 , I want the prospective Debian OS , to take it from the /boot , that I had created for Red Hat Linux 7.1 . - I feel that since booting (as for any OSes) for thr the Linuxes , is from the kernel (vmlinuz) , Is there any way , that Debian can also use the /root , /boot , and other common partitions , that I have put on the disk (that RedHat Linux uses) ? I guess the differences , probably start in the /etc , /bin , /sbin , /usr (/usr/bin and /usr/sbin) . , mostly , in the /etc . - I also think (I can be wrong , even pathetically wrong) , that it is basically in the INIT drama that the differences arise , and it is because of this , that I was talking about /etc . Obviously , somewhere , there is a link that tells the kernel (vmlinuz) , where to look for the INIT process , or what INIT to take .... Debian INIT or Red Hat INIT . If I can poke my nose here , I can show my fingers the DEBIAN way , when at (lilo or grub) boot prompt , I choose Debian etc. My second (semi-contradictory) thinking is : Since /etc come as part of the partition on which you find the / filesystem as opposed to the /boot filesystem , I might need a separate /root , while I can have Debian share the /boot (/dev/hda9) with Red Hat. Obviously both do not boot up simultaneously . Please guide me on this .. Thanks in advance, ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Shyam
