--- wrote: >right now(old disk) im dual-booting LM and Debian. i'm using GRUB. >After i transferred debian in the new HD, should i `install-mbr`? >or reinstalling a bootloader would cause debian to _automatically_ >install the MBR for me?
No need. Modify /boot/grub/menu.lst in your Mandrake partition to let it "see" the Debian partition. Mandrake's Grub is fairly new compared to antique potato (well, you can always backport or dist- upgrade your box to woody or sid). #Sample menu.lst #Boot mandrake Title Mandrake #You're booting Mandrake from the first partition, first IDE drive? root (hd0,0) kernel /pathto/yourkernelimage root=/dev/hda1 #Boot debian Title Debian #You're booting Debian from the first partition, 2nd IDE drive? root (hd1,0) kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 >will this be ok? > >/ --> EXT3 >home --> EXT3 >usr --> XFS >var --> XFS > >or > >/ --> XFS >home --> EXT3 >usr --> XFS >var --> EXT3 That's ok. But you need to download XFS kernel patches and command line tools from oss.sgi.com to use XFS. But if you're not into downloading XFS-patches (or synchronizing from a CVS repository) you'll be fine with ReiserFS or ext3. Ext3 and XFS can already coexist starting with 2.4.15pre2. The choice of the filesystem you use is based on what would be your use of it, anyway. Paolo Falcone __________________________________ www.edsamail.com
