Re: How to boot alternative Debian version safely?

[Bob Alexander <bob@ngi.it>]

Anthony Campbell wrote:
> 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

Anthony,
1) are you aware that counting in grub is 0 based ?
2) send us your fdisk -l /dev/hda output

Bob