Re: Fedora Core 5 on a primary HD and Debian 3.1 on a slave HD

[Dan <dan@elvberg.com>]

> Debian. Details depend on whether the FC5 bootloader is lilo or grub.
Joe, sorry to say that I cannot find out if I use lilo or grub on
FC5...do you know how to find out?
-dan
On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 16:58 +0100, Joe wrote:
> Dan wrote:
> > I run FC5 on one of my two HDs (the same machine).
> > How do I create a boot procedure where I can choose
> > between the two OSes? If I try to install Debian on
> > the slave HD the installation procedure 'wipes out' the FC5 boot.
> > -dan
> > 
> > 
> 
> Tell Debian not to install a bootloader at the appropriate screen, then
> when it reboots it will do so into FC5. Edit the FC5 bootloader to add
> Debian. Details depend on whether the FC5 bootloader is lilo or grub.
> 
> Then reboot, select Debian and continue the installation, which will not
> yet be complete.
> 
> It's worth adding the FC5 and Debian filesystems to each others'
> /etc/fstab, with appropriate mount points, allowing easy access to the
> other one. Very useful when the disaster strikes. Unless the problem is
> with the FC5 bootloader, of course.
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