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| berkeleydb_user 2006-08-04, 1:26 am |
| Hi
I have redhat 9.0, win 200, winxp in hda. if i install fedora on hdb,
would i still be load my OS' on hda with GRUB?
bootloader says it will give me 2 options:
1. Other
2. Fedora Core
When I pick 'Other' would it give me all operating systems on hda
(first hard disk)? Is it like chain loading? Just thought I'll ask this
question on this group before I install fedora. Can;t afford to lose
OS/data on hda.
thanks
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| decrepit 2006-08-04, 7:28 am |
| berkeleydb_user wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have redhat 9.0, win 200, winxp in hda. if i install fedora on hdb,
> would i still be load my OS' on hda with GRUB?
>
> bootloader says it will give me 2 options:
>
> 1. Other
> 2. Fedora Core
>
> When I pick 'Other' would it give me all operating systems on hda
> (first hard disk)? Is it like chain loading? Just thought I'll ask this
> question on this group before I install fedora. Can;t afford to lose
> OS/data on hda.
>
> thanks
>
The "other" will be the windows chain loader. (not sure how it chooses
between win 2000 and XP, possibly chain loader +1 and chainloader +2)
To boot RH9 you'll have to modify /boot/grub/grub.conf
Aternatively you could choose not to install grub to the mbr, then
modify your RH9 grub.conf to boot fedora, (assuming that's how you're
booting now).
mount hdb1 (should be fedora's /boot partion) copy the grub/grub.conf
entry into RH9's /boot/grub/grub.conf
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| Matt Giwer 2006-08-04, 1:37 pm |
| berkeleydb_user wrote:
> Hi
> I have redhat 9.0, win 200, winxp in hda. if i install fedora on hdb,
> would i still be load my OS' on hda with GRUB?
With RH 8.0
I can say that even though the BIOS on an old machine gave the option of
booting from hdb it didn't work. Lilo had to be on hda. I have no idea if that
was specific to the BIOS I was using or a generic requirement. I am very
confident it was a BIOS problem but haven't had the opportunity to test on
another machine.
Is there a problem putting it on hda?
I was doing it for complex reasons all due to trying to keep a machine alive
long after it should have met its maker. I was putting fix on top of fix and was
not willing to redo all the fixes.
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| Tom Clydesdale 2006-08-26, 7:22 pm |
| On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:01:51 -0700, berkeleydb_user wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have redhat 9.0, win 200, winxp in hda. if i install fedora on hdb,
> would i still be load my OS' on hda with GRUB?
>
> bootloader says it will give me 2 options:
>
> 1. Other
> 2. Fedora Core
>
> When I pick 'Other' would it give me all operating systems on hda
> (first hard disk)? Is it like chain loading? Just thought I'll ask this
> question on this group before I install fedora. Can;t afford to lose
> OS/data on hda.
>
> thanks
I'm trying a similar install of Fedora Core 5 on drive hdb with Ubuntu on
hda. When I specified 'other' it installed Fedora but made no changes in
the existing grub file, therefor Fedora is unavailable.
What I am now trying to do is hand modify the /boot/grub/menu.lst in
ubuntu for which I have documentation (may be a different location/file in
Fedora???). I can't get to the hdb drive to check for kernal id's can
anyone help?? Would be greatly appreciated!
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| decrepit 2006-09-01, 1:37 pm |
| Tom Clydesdale wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:01:51 -0700, berkeleydb_user wrote:
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> I'm trying a similar install of Fedora Core 5 on drive hdb with Ubuntu on
> hda. When I specified 'other' it installed Fedora but made no changes in
> the existing grub file, therefor Fedora is unavailable.
>
> What I am now trying to do is hand modify the /boot/grub/menu.lst in
> ubuntu for which I have documentation (may be a different location/file in
> Fedora???). I can't get to the hdb drive to check for kernal id's can
> anyone help?? Would be greatly appreciated!
>
So what's your problem with getting to hdb?
Can you do an fdisk-l? to see where the partitions are.
Fedora usually has a seperate small partition for boot, about 100Mbs and
the file is grub.conf.
You could try hitting "e" at the grub boot menu, then press "c" for a
command line. enter root (hd1, then press the tab key that should give
you the alternatives, probably either (hd1,0) or (hd1,1)
then on next line type
kernel / and again press tab, if you've got the first line right that
should give you the kernel number.
on the next line type
initrd / you got it tab again
next line type
boot
and before you hit enter make a note of the details, cause if it works
that's what you put in Ubuntu's menu.lst
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