Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 03:26:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 03:26:28 -0500 Received: from [202.54.64.7] ([202.54.64.7]:21513 "EHLO hclnpd.hclt.co.in") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 03:26:27 -0500 Message-ID: <3E418AD0.BC9F9765@npd.hcltech.com> Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 14:06:08 -0800 From: Narsimha Reddy CHALLA X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: How to install two linux OSes on the same PC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1888 Lines: 48 Hi All, I want to do two different linux installations rh 7.2 and rh 8.0 on the same pc with single hard disk. I installed the rh 7.2 in partitions say /dev/hda5 ( /) , /dev/hda6 (/home) , /dev/hda7 ( /usr) , /dev/hda8 ( /tmp),... /dev/hda11 etc. But how can I install the rh 8.0 in partitions say /dev/hda12 ( as "/" ) ... etc ?? Since the installer won't allow as there already exists a "/" partition for the rh 7.2 and tries to override it with the root partition of rh 8.0. So I tried giving a different lable to the root partition of rh 8.0 say /root1 and other partitions as /root1/usr, /root1/home, /root1/tmp etc. But here also the installer is looking for the partition named "/" and without that the installation is not happening. Please give your suggestions on how to resolve this problem. At present my partition table with single installation (rh 7.2) is, [root@creddy-pc root]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2434 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 261 2096451 6 FAT16 /dev/hda2 262 2434 17454622+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 262 522 2096451 6 FAT16 /dev/hda6 523 653 1052226 83 Linux /dev/hda7 654 1175 4192933+ 83 Linux /dev/hda8 1176 1371 1574338+ 83 Linux /dev/hda9 1372 1436 522081 82 Linux swap /dev/hda10 1437 1501 522081 83 Linux /dev/hda11 1502 1566 522081 83 Linux [root@creddy-pc root]# TIA, - Narsimha Reddy CH - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/