Re: Dual boot: 2 Linux's on same disk

[qqq1one @yahoo.com]

Thanks for the Supergrub suggestion.  I've gone to the website to check it out.

As far as my copying boot files from one partition to another and modifying 
grub.conf to use them,
it indeed does not work so far.  However, my goal is to have Linux 
distributions #1's boot files
on /dev/sda1 and Linux distribution #2's boot files on /dev/sda2, and the 
copying was consistent
with that goal.  I just haven't figured out the rest of the puzzle to make 
everything boot with
that setup.

Cheers!

--- Uwe Dippel <address@hidden> wrote:

> qqq1one @yahoo.com wrote:
> > I'm having some trouble dual booting 2 different Linux distributions 
> > (currently FC9 and FC7)
> on
> > the same disk.  I've actually had some success, but it's not set up the way 
> > I would like.  Any
> > help would be appreciated.  I'd like to have it set up like so:
> >
> >   /dev/sda1  /boot  (boot root partition for Linux distribution #1)
> >   /dev/sda2  /boot  (boot root partition for Linux distribution #2)
> >   /dev/sda3  /home  (home directories shared between the two different 
> > distributions)
> >   /dev/sda4  (extended partition)
> >     /dev/sda5  /  (kernel root partition for Linux distribution #1)
> >     /dev/sda6  /  (kernel root partition for Linux distribution #2)
> >   
> 
> My usual suggestion: get Supergrub (http://www.supergrubdisk.org/), and 
> try manually. There you can type all the commands, you get some 
> feedback, it even supports tab-completion.
> 
> > I've tried copying the Linux distribution #2 boot files from /dev/sda6 up 
> > to /dev/sda1 and
> making
> > the corresponding change to /dev/sda1's grub.conf file,
> 
> I don't think this is going to work. :(
> 
> >  
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.  Obviously I am missing something.  What 
> > file is not being
> found,
> > anyway?
> >   
> 
> See above.
> 
> Uwe
> 
> 
>