On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 2:38 am, Karoo wrote: > Thanks for your replies. > I'm presently downloading the latest Sarge which I want to install over the > existing one.
Why not just use apt-get rather than doing a fresh install? Andrew Walbran > > > "H. S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Karoo wrote: > > > Hi. > > > I recently bought a 40 GB Maxtor and loaded Fedora onto the first 20 > > > GB, leaving 20 GB free. > > > Fedora was working O.K. so I loaded Debian Sarge onto the free 20 GB. > > During > > > > the Debian install Grub wanted to know where to be put (out of 3 > > options) > > > > and I chose the MBR. I was hoping it wouldn't happen but of course it > > did, > > > > it overwrote the Fedora bootloader. > > > I don't want to know how to fix this, just how does one make the > > > install work for two distros. > > > > > > Many thanks. > > > > > > Karoo > > > > I have both on the same system along with WinXP. All on the same drive. > > I used the same /boot and /swap (both on separate partitions) for both > > Fedora and Debian. This works because the kernel names used by Debian > > and Fedora are distinct. > > > > In your case, I guess you need a grub entry that will point to Fedora. > > What I would do is, boot into Debian, then mount the other distro's > > partition (/boot, if it is on a separate partition), copy the relevant > > part of /boot/grub/menu.lst and copy that into the current (debian's) > > /boot/grub/menu.lst. Upon next reboot, you will see the new entry too. > > now, if you had separate /boot parititions for both distros, you could > > have used only one common /boot. > > > > Perhaps, others may be able to help you with a more efficient method. > > > > GL, > > ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
