On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 17:32 -0400, Jeff Ratliff wrote: > On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 02:49:33AM -0500, Javier Perez wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am running Fedora in one computer and now I want to make some > > tests. I have an 80G HD that I can add as a slave to the system. > > > > I want to install the second HD with its own OS that I can play with > > in such a way that my original OS is not disturbed. > > > > I know maybe this is a question for a GRUB List but I wonder if > > somebody else have done this and if there is a good how-to that could > > guide me in this. > > > When I installed FC2 I did exactly what you're describing. I > left my FC1 install alone, and installed FC2 on a partition at > the end of the second disk. I told the installer to leave my > MBR alone, and updated GRUB manually. My approach would be to install FC2 and all current patches then clone it to the 2nd disk by partitioning with fdisk, format mkswap/mke2fs, etc...: For example, # mke2fs -j /dev/hdb1 ; mke2fs -j /dev/hdb2 ; mke2fs -j /dev/hdb3 # mkswap /dev/hdb4 # mkdir /alt ; mount /dev/hdb2 /alt # mkdir /alt/boot ; mount /dev/hdb1 /alt/boot # mkdir /alt/home ; mount /dev/hdb1 /alt/home # (optional) # cp -aux /boot /alt # cp -aux /home /alt # cp -aux / /alt Edit /alt/etc/fstab to make it match reality, then see below.... > > Getting GRUB to work was rough, but I worked it out. The docs > for GRUB are great, but not easy to quickly glance through for > and answer. Should just be a matter of copying the correct stanza in /boot/grub/grub.conf and changing the grub root device (probably (hd1,0)) and the root device on the kernel line (probably root=LABEL=/1). > It really depends on what you're installing on the second disk, > but I'm sure someone here can help you get GRUB straightened out > so the second OS will boot. > If you get stuck post specific details and request help. Phil
