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Dual Boot Debian 4 and Fedora 7
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| Gerard Vignes 2007-10-25, 7:14 am |
| I currently dual-boot Debian 4 and Windows Server 2003 on separate
physical drives. This works very well using GRUB. I have an old P4
workstation. The MBR is on the same physical drive as Windows.
I tried adding Fedora 7 on a third physical drive (using the network
install), but I got all gunked up and had to reinstall Debian 4 (but
not Windows Server 2003).
Does anyone have expirence dual-booting Debian 4 and Fedora 7?
Is there some way to stop Fedora's install from clobbering Debian?
Can you point me in the right direction?
If I have to give up the Windows 2003 installation, that is
acceptable.
Thanks,
-Gerard
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| AHappyCamper 2007-10-25, 1:12 pm |
| Gerard Vignes wrote:
> I currently dual-boot Debian 4 and Windows Server 2003 on separate
> physical drives. This works very well using GRUB. I have an old P4
> workstation. The MBR is on the same physical drive as Windows.
>
> I tried adding Fedora 7 on a third physical drive (using the network
> install), but I got all gunked up and had to reinstall Debian 4 (but
> not Windows Server 2003).
>
> Does anyone have expirence dual-booting Debian 4 and Fedora 7?
>
> Is there some way to stop Fedora's install from clobbering Debian?
>
> Can you point me in the right direction?
>
> If I have to give up the Windows 2003 installation, that is
> acceptable.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Gerard
>
SuperGRUB lets you edit the GRUB menu.
I sould pre-partition with GParted on a system with only the new drive
installed.
Then, build the system, on that drive, then move the drive over to the
multi-boot system.
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| Gerard Vignes 2007-10-26, 1:15 am |
| On Oct 25, 5:26 am, AHappyCamper <@thelandfill.com> wrote:
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> I sould pre-partition with GParted on a system with only the new drive
> installed.
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> Then, build the system, on that drive, then move the drive over to the
> multi-boot system.
Thanks Happy Camper. I don't have a second identical computer and I'm
going to continue using GRUB, but you gave me an excellent strategy:
1. Disconnect the IDE cables to the two drives now running Windows
Server 2003 and Debian 4.
2. *Connect an IDE cable to the new drive that will run Fedora 7.
3. Install Fedora 7 on this drive as if it were the only OS.
4. *Reconnect the IDE cables to the former previous two drives.
[ should now be able to boot Debian & Windows, although not Fedora]
5. Modify grub_menu.lst to allow Fedora 7 as a third option.
* The steps marked "may" require adjusting the BIOS BOOT settings.
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