On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 02:47:13PM +1030, Tom Cook wrote:
> The way I would do this would be:
>
> (1) Install potato in a set of partitions (however you like to set up your
> partitions). Make sure you use a separate partition for /boot, of at least
> 20Mb
> (I'd use 50). Don't fuss too much about the lilo configuration, as it won't
> be
> used except to perform reboots necessary during the install. Make sure you
> leave room in unpartitioned space for the woody system.
>
> Let's say you mount /dev/hda5 as /.
>
> (2) mkdir /potato
> mv /boot/* /potato
> mv /potato /boot
>
> You might like to reconfigure the paths in lilo.conf for /boot/potato instead
> of
> /boot.
>
> (3) Install woody almost as though potato wasn't there. Use the same
> partition
> for /boot but DON'T reformat it (the installer calls it initialising, not
> formatting, but it's the same thing).
>
> Let's say you mount /dev/hda7 as /.
>
> (4) mkdir /woody
> mv /boot/* /woody
> mv /woody/potato /boot
> mv /woody /boot
>
> So now you have /boot/potato with all the potato boot stuff in it, and
> /boot/woody with all the woody stuff in it.
>
> You should now have both systems installed but only be able to boot woody.
>
> (5) Now configure lilo with two (at least) boots:
>
> image=/boot/potato/vmlinuz-2.2.20-686-whatever
> label=potato
> root=/dev/hda5
> read-only
> vga=extended (or whatever)
>
> image=/boot/woody/vmlinuz-2.4.10-686-whatever
> label=woody
> root=/dev/hda5
> read-only
>
> Or you could configure grub in a similar manner.
>
> Now I, being a considerably wiser man than when I first played with lilo,
> would
> uninstall lilo from one of the distributions so that I only had ONE lilo.conf;
> that way I could not accidentally install the wrong boot sector and destroy my
> setup (well, I could still destroy it, but I give myself less opportunity for
> stupidity).
>
> And that should do it.
>
> Tom
>
> Paul E Condon wrote:
> >
> > I want to rearrange my computer so that I can dual boot Patato and Woody.
<snip...>
Thanks. I've got it working. I particularly appreciate your advice about
dual lilos. I was worried about dual lilos but didn't see the direct action
solution.
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