Re: Dual boot Linux on one box (about partitions)
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, rec.sea@btopenworld.com wrote:
> Something like
>
> /dev/hda1 swap (common)
> /dev/hda2 /home (common)
> /dev/hda3 /boot (for Debian)
> /dev/hda4 / (for Debian)
> /dev/hda5 /boot (for Gentoo)
> /dev/hda6 / (for Gentoo)
the whole point of having /boot is to keep its contents in under 128MB of
disk .. otherwise you might get into the bios complaining that it cant
find xxxx and blah blah
you should NOT use /boot since you have 2 distro, ( deb and gentoo )
that both would want its own /boot
> Is that right?
no
> Where is the information for the kernel and for lilo (or Grub) about which
> partitions to use, in the System.map file?
which partition that is used is defined in:
/etc/fstab
which prtition to boot is defined in:
/etc/lilo.conf or /boot/grub/menu.list
post your files if you're not sure how to make it dual boot
/boot as a separate partition is NOT required to boot in most
of today's motherboards ( newer bios )
- you're just creating un-necessary problems by using /boot
== but nothing will work (right) as long as you have 2 /boot and the
distro is looking for different kernels in its repective /boot
c ya
alvin
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