Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On my PC, besides the swap partition, I have one partition, hda1, for MS >>> Windows and another five for Linux: hda6, had7, hda8, hda9, hda10. >>> >>> At the moment the `boot partition' is hda6 and I want it to be, say, hda9. >>> Sorry if I can'y use the right words. Maybe I should say that the hda6 >>> Grub boot loader is now installed to the master boot record of my hard >>> drive whereas the hda9 boot loader is installed to the /dev/hda9 partition? >>> >>> I want to do so beacuse: now I'm still using Debian Sarge, which is >>> installed in hda6; I want to install Debian Etch in hda9; then when I'm >>> sure that everything is all right with Etch I want to boot from hda9, so >>> hda6 can be formatted again.
Bob McGowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If I understand correctly, you have Sarge on a partition that you want to > preserve, while using a second partition on the same disk to install Etch. Yes, that's right. > Once you're happy with the Etch install, you'll redo the Sarge partition > formatting to use with your new Etch install. Well, no: once I'm happy with Etch (i.e., I've managed to install everything) I want to install hda9 grub boot loader to the master boot record of the hard drive, so that I can format hda6 when I need to (maybe to install Debian 4.1? :)). > But you mentioned 5 partitions for Linux, the above is only two, so what are > the other 3 used for? Will you need any of them for the Etch part, are they > used with Sarge, or used some other way? In them other Linux systems are installed, to do tests (to test applications before installing them). Well, they're too many, I also want to resize them and eliminate some. > You need the answers to the above, which will modify to some extent what you > do. But I think what you do is simply install Etch, selecting hda9 as the > partition to install (the / filesystem for Etch), plus any of the other > partitions (or none) depending on the answer to the question. > > When you get to Etch's grub installation step, it will detect the Windows and > Sarge installs and offer to setup grub in the master boot record for you. It > should (if all works as expected) provide you with boot options for Windows, > Sarge and Etch. > > [...] > > When you're happy with Etch (shouldn't take too long!-), you just edit the > /boot/grub/menu.lst file for Etch to remove the section that boots Sarge and > to > change (if needed) the 'default' boot number to match the number position for > Etch in the boot section (look for lines beginning with 'title', near the end > of the file). Reformat hda6 and you're done. Yes, I could do as you say, but I'd prefer keeping the hda6 boot loader to the mbr until Etch is complete in hda9. Besides, I want to learn how to do all that because it may turn to be useful in other circumstances: e.g. when you want to install MS Windows *after* Linux, I suppose. Thanks, Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
