rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
what are the restrictions on where i can install another linux distro
onto my fedora core (actually, FC2-t3) system so that grub can find it?
(even though this is a test version of fedora, this question actually
refers to FC distros in general.)
There are no restrictions other than the boot loader (grub) must be able
to read the boot partition.
typically, for historical reasons, even when i use LVM, i create a small
primary, ext3 filesystem for /boot, and use LVM for the rest of the drive.
is there any compelling reason for doing this anymore? what's the
recommended strategy for LVM? and need for a non-LVM filesystem on newer
machines?
It really depends on what the system will be used for. Check out the
howto here: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/index.html
and, on top of all this, i want to add at least one other distro to the
system; in this case, xandros 2.0, for evaluation for a client. can i add
this additional distro entirely within LVM and have grub still find it
properly? i suspect yes, but i wanted to make sure before i spent all
that installing. thanks.
Grub will still need to run outside of an LVM area. Keeping your /boot
partition in an acceptable format (such as ext3, as you have done in the
past) is the ideal way to do this. Other than that - if your distro
kernel supports LVM you should have no problems having the / partition
on an LVM. However, I would avoid putting a new distro within an LVM
portion of another distro - but that's just because I value my sanity.
But if you got your grub configuration correct, I don't see why this
can't be done - any one care to prove me wrong?
rday
neil
