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| 461191 | 2006-06-06 19:30:00 | If I install a 3rd OS (SUSE) Will I need to reconfigure grub or will this be done dureing the install. Also it is a long time since I installed my present linux OS but I wonder will I get the oppertunity to say which of my HDDs I want the install to go to |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 461192 | 2006-06-06 21:44:00 | SuSE might actually detect the other non-Window OS during installation and offer then to handle the booting with its bootloader. If not, you have two choices. Either let SuSE handle the bootloader so let it install GRUB (or LILO) to the MBR, or modify your current boatloader to load SuSE (in which case, select No to installing GRUB/LILO). I would tend to go for letting SusSE take over the bootloading. Once SuSE is installed, it has a great bootloader GUI tool. It is very easy to add the other distros with this tool IF you know where the boot files for each OS are with the partition layout. SuSE, like all distros, lets you choose which partition/hard drive to install to. As you already have two OSs, be very careful and double-check your selection so that you don't accidentally overwrite one of them. Do you already have some free space for it? Open SuSE Documentation (en.opensuse.org) |
Jen (38) | ||
| 461193 | 2006-06-06 22:01:00 | Thanks for your excellent reply Colin |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 461194 | 2006-06-07 00:39:00 | I have suse installed but no mention of my Xandros partition in Grub. I can get the comand line but what do I do to get it to find and install the other partition. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 461195 | 2006-06-07 04:03:00 | You will need to add Xandros to the SuSE bootloader. Open up the YaST Control Centre and see if you can find the bootloader section - think it is under System from memory. You will see your current bootloader details and if you use the "Add" you can create an entry for Xandros. You will need to know the location and name of Xandros' boot files. Remember with GRUB it refers to the drive and partition numbers starting with 0 instead of 1. If you haven't noted down the information needed to create a new entry, then you can mount your Xandros partition from SuSE and browse to the /boot directory. Copy down the full kernel and initrd file names exactly. Once done, try booting into Xandros. Details: (if required) To mount your Xandros partition, you need to make a mount point for it under /mnt and then mount (as root) that partition. You will need to know what the Xandros / partition is called eg hda4, hdb2 etc. You can then browse to Xandros via the mount point you created in /mnt. You should see all the / directories. If not, then you may of not specified the correct partition where it is located. Example of the commands as root - subsitute the correct /dev/hd* for your setup: mkdir /mnt/xandros mount /dev/hdb2 /mnt/xandros The command fdisk -l or even the disk manager in YaST perhaps will help you with your partition setup if you cannot remember them. |
Jen (38) | ||
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