Re: Two installations on the same system

1999-06-16 Thread Gertjan Klein
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999 12:52:31 +0930, John Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The disadvantage to this is that *both* /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda2 have to fall >within the first 1024 cylinders cylinders for this to work. With the BIOS harddisk mode set to LBA this shouldn't be a problem, as the hardd

Re: Two installations on the same system

1999-06-16 Thread John Pearson
On Tue, Jun 15, 1999 at 01:01:20PM +, Gertjan Klein wrote > On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 21:59:30 +0200 (CEST), Bruno Goncalves Russo > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [Two Linux partitions] > > >This is exactly what I want to do. I just tried to do it, but wasn't > >totally successful because I didn't

Re: Two installations on the same system

1999-06-15 Thread Sami Dalouche
> Is it possible to install two different versions of Debian on the same > system (in different partitions, of course!) ? If I do that, do I need a Yes ! Of course. > second swap partition? No. You can also use the same partition for home directories and temp. > > TIA, > Bruno. > > > -- > Unsub

Re: Two installations on the same system

1999-06-15 Thread Gertjan Klein
On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 21:59:30 +0200 (CEST), Bruno Goncalves Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Two Linux partitions] >This is exactly what I want to do. I just tried to do it, but wasn't >totally successful because I didn't configure lilo correctly. >I was using the unstable version and when I trie

Re: Two installations on the same system

1999-06-15 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Two installations on the same system Date: Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 04:18:50PM +0200 In reply to:Bruno Goncalves Russo Quoting Bruno Goncalves Russo([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Is it possible to install two different versions of Debian on the same > system (in different partitions

Re: Two installations on the same system

1999-06-14 Thread Bruno Goncalves Russo
On Mon, 14 Jun 1999, Joop Stakenborg wrote: > Yes, No. > > I have a setup here with on the first partition a stable debian > version, on a second unstable. I can boot either of them. > Works great! This is exactly what I want to do. I just tried to do it, but wasn't totally successful because I

Re: Two installations on the same system

1999-06-14 Thread Joop Stakenborg
On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 04:18:50PM +0200, Bruno Goncalves Russo wrote: > Is it possible to install two different versions of Debian on the same > system (in different partitions, of course!) ? If I do that, do I need a > second swap partition? > Yes, No. I have a setup here with on the first part

Re: Two installations on the same system

1999-06-14 Thread Jean-Yves F. Barbier
Bruno Goncalves Russo wrote: > > Is it possible to install two different versions of Debian on the same > system (in different partitions, of course!) ? Yeah, no problem. > If I do that, do I need a > second swap partition? I don't think so, but I'm not a huge specialist. -- Jean-Yves Barbie

Re: Two installations on the same system

1999-06-14 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 16:18:50 +0200, Bruno Goncalves Russo wrote: > Is it possible to install two different versions of Debian on the same > system (in different partitions, of course!) ? Sure. > If I do that, do I need a second swap partition? No. HTH, Ray -- POPULATION EXPLOSION Unique i