How to boot alternative Debian version safely?
I want to install a second version of Debian on a different partition
(don't ask why, it's a long story; I need to experiment).
My main version is at /dev/hdb9. I therefore installed a second version
at /dev/hda7.
I wanted to make a floppy to boot this but that didn't work. I therefore
added the following entry to my /boot/grub/menu.lst:
title Debian test system, kernel 2.4.27-1-386
root (hd0,7)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz=2.4.27-1-386 root=/dev/hda7 ro
savedefault
boot
However, when I select this at boot it says Error 22: there is no such
partition as (hd07).
Should I change the entry in menu.lst or is there some other way of
booting this partition? I didn't let the installation do anything to my
hard disk because I do NOT want to mess up my main Debian version.
Anthony
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