Re: debian + red hat linux
On Sun, Apr 02, 2000 at 10:38:20PM -0400, DebianBeast@aol.com wrote:
> hi guys,
>
> I have a pentium/100 computer whose bios cannot boot from cd-rom. i want to
> install debian and red hat as follows:
>
> /hda1 2.5 gig. debian
> /hda2 1.5 gig red hat
> /hda3 115 meg. swap.
>
> i dont have partition magic but i would like to know if it is possible to
> install debian (with booting from hard drive) and then install red hat linux
> on the second partition and then set it up so i can choose which i want to
> use.
Hi,
I expect that a Pentium 100 would come with a BIOS that can only boot
within the first 512 Mb of disk. If so, you would have to do a bunch of
fiddling to get it to work as shown above, because each kernel would
have to be below that 512 mb barrier. I always make a small /boot
partition of about 10mb at the head of the disk. In your case make two,
their small . . . and I would make a shared /home (right now I am using
88mb, so 500mb should be enough for most people, but this point is
highly debated).
/hda1 10mb Debian /boot
/hda2 10mb Redhat /boot (put as /rhboot in Debian's fstab)
/hdax 500mb joint /home
/hdax 2xRAM joint swap
/hdax 2 GB Debian /root
/hdax remainder Redhat /root
The important point I wanted to make was the 2 small partitions at the
front. The rest is arbitrary. The advantage to the layout I have shown
is that if you change your mind about distributions, you keep the first
4 partitions no matter what, and the only thing you would be wasting is
a 10mb chunk.
To configure LILO in a case like this, I think I would pick one
distribution as the "master", probably Debian. Keep only one lilo.conf
and execute lilo from there.
Just my 2 cents worth.
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Thank you,
Joe Bouchard
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