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this is a long shot

I'm trying to install redhat (+gnome) with suse (+a sun version of gnome) - anyone every installed dual boot on a laptop with 2 different versions of linux?

shane wrote:this is a long shot

I'm trying to install redhat (+gnome) with suse (+a sun version of gnome) - anyone every installed dual boot on a laptop with 2 different versions of linux?

Ain't done it but it could be a bit messy when it comes to boot loaders.
If it was me, I'd install Suse first, then RH and use LILO and see how that works. If theres no joy, wipe the disk and reverse the install process.
You might have to take a look around the web for a suitable lilo.conf or grub.conf, depending on what loader you decide to go with.



Ciaran

CJ wrote:Ain't done it but it could be a bit messy when it comes to boot loaders.
If it was me, I'd install Suse first, then RH and use LILO and see how that works. If theres no joy, wipe the disk and reverse the install process.
You might have to take a look around the web for a suitable lilo.conf or grub.conf, depending on what loader you decide to go with.

Ciaran

Cheers Ciaran,

think i got it sorted.... have to install RH first, create 4 partitions, 1 for /boot (for bootloader) 1 for / (to install RH), 1 for /suse (to install suse) and swap. Then install SuSE into /suse and after that you have to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst for RH kernel and initrd image. I added
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title RedHat
kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz.that.redhat.installed root=/dev/hda1
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd.that.redhat.installed

shane wrote:
Cheers Ciaran,

think i got it sorted....

Good stuuf Shane, which reminds me, I must reinstall RH on the laptop....

lads you gotta check out the new core 4 fedora linux, its class, just wacked it on the server at home

Ronanc wrote:lads you gotta check out the new core 4 fedora linux, its class, just wacked it on the server at home

Jeez - What's this ? - " Resurrect old thread week"!

It works better though Ronan if you could add some advice to the 2 year old problem at hand and see if anyone notices!

lol hahah all threads have to be brought back to life at some stage! lmao only noticed that thats 3 years old lol

Ronanc wrote:lads you gotta check out the new core 4 fedora linux, its class, just wacked it on the server at home

I'm running suse + sun's JDS but I'll be installing opensolaris sometime soon....

I've just installed SUSE 10 on my laptop and i'm pretty impressed so far. I've a dual boot of Red Hat Es which works quite well. Wish i had time to play around with the exchange features but ces't la vie... damn this is an old thread

@ soc must tryout the opensolaris myself, read good things bout it

Ronanc wrote:@ soc must tryout the opensolaris myself, read good things bout it

yea, embrace the power