Installation - Second Operating System Installation desmith1944 - 12.08.2006, 17:57 Uhr Titel: Second Operating System Installation
I would like to install another Linux OS using GRUB on my 100 gig drive. I currently have hda1, hda2, hda3 installed. Does the second OS set itself up on the available partitions or do I need to run qtpared and desginate the partitions?
Thanks for the help, David.
piper - 12.08.2006, 18:51 Uhr Titel: RE: Second Operating System Installation
You can install the second linux os to whatever partition is free, don't install grub to mbr with the second distro, choose root and add the second linux os to the kanotix /boot/grub/menu.lst manually or chainload it to the menu.lst.
Some distro's don't give you a choice to install to the root of that partition, if that is the case you can use the live kanotix cd and restore your grub and add the second distro manually. It is actually very easy to do, and if you have any questions and aren't sure feel free to ask.
desmith1944 - 15.08.2006, 01:22 Uhr Titel:
Hi piper, I have two OS now loaded onto my 100 gig drive. How can I setup a menu to select which OS I want to boot up first. Thanks, David.
bluewater - 15.08.2006, 03:27 Uhr Titel:
To edit grub menu.lst is really easy, this is how mine looked as a single OS installed
Then all i did was copy and paste it so i had it duplicated and made changes to the duplicated lis as follows
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16.16-kanotix-1
to read
title "whatever you want"
root (hd0,0)
to read
root (hd0,6) as "6" is the number of where my hda7 is
and also change
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16.16-kanotix-1 root=/dev/hda1 ro
to read
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7 ro
as hda7 is the second OS
You may need to alter your fstab too so the the original install can mount the second OS partition (if you want it to) if the second OS was reformated to a different file system post install of the original install
piper - 15.08.2006, 14:18 Uhr Titel:
What you could do is boot up with the Kanotix cd and go to the Kanotix-Installer (The installer is started from the "fishbutton") then check the Recover existing Kanotix-HD-Installation box and reinstall grub to the MBR then reboot into Kanotix and open konqueror --> /boot/grub and right click on menu.lst --> actions --> edit as root and add "your distro" to your grub.
These are examples of what you can do, just remember to change it so it matches the partition that "your distro" is installed to.
title Your Distro [/boot/vmlinuz26]
root (hd0,10)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda11 ro
initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.15-your distro.img