Re: Partition question
Quoting David A. Rogers (darogers@xnet.com):
> I've been using Mandrake, but want to try using Debian. Mandrake puts the
> kernel in /boot. So it was nice to make /boot one partition and / in another.
> I tried installing 2.2 but couldn't figure out how to make the installer do
> that. Any suggestions?
Use the "Partition the disk" menu entry. If the disk is partitioned,
then this won't be defaulted automatically, but will be an alternative.
Then "Initialise partition" and select (or type) /boot. This command
is always an alternative, offered at the "Install something or other"
stage.
Of course, it you already have your /boot partition in Mandrake, there's
no reason why you shouldn't share it with Debian. Just install Debian
normally, then rename /boot, edit /etc/fstab to mount the right
partition, mount it and copy the files. (You could even have the
partition contain two directories, one for each OS, with symlinks
pointing to the correct one, I imagine, though I don't think it's
necessary.)
Cheers,
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