Re: Installing FC3 alongside another distro

[Andy Elvey <andy.elvey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kam Leo wrote:

> On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 09:06:56 -0500, Andy Elvey
> <andy.elvey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  
>
> > Hi everyone -
> >    I'm a first-timer here and have a question about installing FC3
> > alongside another distro.
> >  At the moment, I'm running Mepis Linux, and I'm keen to install FC3 as
> > well.
> >
> >   What I'm wondering is -  if I try to install FC3, will it overwrite
> > the current bootloader, or will the FC3 bootloader just "append" itself
> > to what's already there?  ( I believe Mepis uses the Grub bootloader).
> >  At the moment, I have Grub in the master boot-record.  So, if I put
> > FC3's bootloader elsewhere, will it still be possible for me to access
> > both distros?
> >
> >  Very many thanks for your time and comments!
> >  - Andy
> >
> > Yes, it will.  Save a copy of grub.conf to a floppy or another
> > accessible media.  After installing FC3 insert the Mepis data into
> > FC3's grub.conf.  Comment out "hiddenmenu" line to see all boot
> > choices. 
> >    
        Great!  Thanks very much for your very quick and helpful reply, 
Kam!
        - Andy