On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Doncho N. Gunchev wrote: > On Monday 29 December 2003 15:12, Tom Diehl wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 ckotting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > I'm a relative newbie, but here's what I did that seemed to > > > work thus far (using two IDE drives): > > > > > > Start with two hard drives installed as master/slave: > > > - Install FC1 normally, but: > > > adjust the partitioning so nothing is on the slave > > > (this > > > should be hdb and I'll assume it is for the rest of the > > > discussion) but free space. > > > - Remove the master (hda) and install the previous slave > > > (hdb) > > > as master. Reboot and adjust the CMOS settings. > > > - Install FC1 (here you could exclude the bootloader unless > > > you think you might want to swap hdb and hdb at some > > > point) > > > - Renstall the two HDs as master/slave. Reboot and adjust > > > the > > > CMOS settings again. > > > The initial master is back to being master, the initial > > > slave is back to being slave. (Don't forget the change > > > the > > > jumper on hdb!) > > > - Reboot and edit grub.conf to recognize the installation > > > on > > > the 2nd drive (which should be /dev/hdb) > > > > > > If you want the two installations to be able ot read and > > > write to each other, it's a simple bit of editing > > > /etc/fstab. > > > > > > There's probably a better/easier way, but thus far, this > > > seems to be working. > > > > Just for the record, you are making this waaaaay too hard. Simply > > tell disk druid to install to either hda OR hdb. It can all be > > done from anaconda. Once the install modify the grub.conf to boot > > from either disk and all will be well. The days of having to swap > > disks to get an install where you want it are long gone. Of course > > you can do it that way if you wish but it is not necessary. > > When I installed fedora at home I had RedHat 9 and ASPLinux 9 installed > on the same disk. The only problem I had was with /etc/fstab entries. I don't > remember what exactly the problem was, but it had something to do with the > 'LABEL's in /etc/fstab. It can be solved in 2 ways: > > 1. boot in rescue mode and get a console. > 2.1. e2label all partitions differently and edit /etc/fstab accordingly > | e2label /dev/hda1 'redhat/boot' > | e2label /dev/hda5 'redhat/' > if these are redhat's partitions > | e2label /dev/hda2 'fedora/boot' > | e2label /dev/hda2 'fedora/' > if these are the new fedora partitions. This way you can still use 'LABEL's. > 2.2. edit /etc/fstab for all installations to refer directly the partition, and > do not use labels at all... > Hope this helps... Last time I did this anaconda knew how to label the partitions. What I have seen is the labels on the 1st installation are /, /boot, /usr etc. and on the 2nd installation they look something like /1, /boot1, /usr1, etc. Granted the names look stupid but it appears to work and i do not know what else they could be called by something that is doing the labeling automatically. I do not know what ASPLinux 9 is but if it is like greenshoe etc. the behavior should be the same. HTH, ......Tom
