On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 10:28, Sanjay Chigurupati wrote: > Hi, > > I have Windows XP and Debian running on my machine, with Lilo as boot > loader. > > Planning to add FreeBSD and Gentoo. > > 1) Do I need to have a separate boot partition for each Linux version? > > 2) Is there a simple way to manage boot loader, where I could just add > partitions in the free space and update boot loader? > > I seem to mess up boot loader, when I add a new Linux install. Is there a > solution to work across more than one hard drive. Plannin to add an > additional hard drive where I do all the distro trials. > > > Thanks, > Sanjay > >
The easy way to do it: 1. Install the new linux on a different partition and have one filesystem for / (root). 2. use the swap partiotions you use today. 3. Install lilo for the new linux install on / for that install. VERY IMPORTANT. 4. reboot old linux/debian and add entry for the new linux install in /etc/lilo.conf. 5. you are done. You can put the new linux on any hard drive you wish. For testing i cannot stress the convenience by using one single partition except for swap. You can easily mess things up. especially with several /boot. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
