On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Satish Balay wrote: > > > Wilson Woon wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to install Windows XP, Fedora Core 3 and RedHat Linux 9 all > > > > in one hard disk. At first I installed Windows XP and then Fedora Core > > > > 3. I use the Grub loader to load both of them. However, when it comes > > > > to RedHat 9, I'm not sure how to do? How do I configure the Grub > > > > loader so that it will detect RedHat 9 as well? > > > > Simple. Don't install or configure any boot loader with RedHat9. Than boot > > > into FC3 and edit grub.conf. Copy the lines you have for FC3 (they start > > > with title line, and there's usually three more lines), and edit them > > > accordingly. You'll probably end up with something like this: > > > > title Red Hat Linux 9 (2.4.xx-xx) > > > root (hd0,0) > > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.xx-xx ro root=/dev/hda1 > > > initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.xx-xx.img > > I don't think any edits are necessary. Just copy the lines from > RHL9-grub.conf to FC3-grub.conf. <clarifying this further> - The only thing to do when cofiguring 'grub' during RHL9 install is - not to let it write to MBR (/dev/hda). grub.conf should still get gererated. > An alternative way to install - where no manual intervention is > required is to have a common '/boot' partition for all OSes - this way > there is also a common /boot/grub/grub.conf. > > So, if you update FC3 kernel - the correct grub.conf is updated. > And if you update RHL9 kernel - the correct grub.conf is updated. <added disclaimer> Don't know if 'ext3 changes' or 'SElinux' in FC3 would cause grief in the above scheme. Satish
