On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:44:20PM +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Chris G wrote: > > > Are there any problems or issues with running a dual boot system with > > both Fedora 8 and Fedora 7? > > > > I currently have Fedora 7 (/, /usr, /var, etc) on one disk (/boot is on > > the same disk) and /home on a separate disk. > > > > I'm aiming to add a third disk and install Fedora 8 on that one using > > the same /home as Fedora 7 does. > > > > I believe the new installation should find the existing /boot and > > simply add itself into the grub installation there, is this right? > > > > I am then aiming to migrate customisations across from Fedora 7 to > > the Fedora 8 installation and when it's all working OK I will move > > across completely. > > I think that is a perfectly reasonable approach. > I have followed it several times. > > I would advise to make a copy of /etc/grub.conf in case it gets deleted. > Also of course make sure you _don't_ format /boot during installation. > Personally, I always partition a new disk with fdisk before installation, > and go to Custom Installation (not quite the right name) > rather than using the default DiskDruid, which I don't like or trust. > (Does anyone?) > Thanks, yes that sounds like what I'm aiming to do, it's good to have my ideas confirmed though. -- Chris Green
