The issue is partition "labels". You'll need to boot whichever one does boot, and edit the fstab for the other installation to point to /dev/hdXY instead of to "/" or "/boot", etc. On 8 Jun 2003, Colburn wrote: > Additional info from Hardware Browser: > > Drive: /dev/hda 79656/16/63 Maxtor 6E040l0 > /dev/hdb 2498/255/63 Quantum FireballP LM 20.5 > > DEVICE START END SIZE(MB) TYPE > /dev/hda > hda1 1 203 100 ext3 > hda2 204 78616 38594 ext3 > hda3 78617 79656 512 ext3 > > __ > \//dev/hdb > __ > \/ hdb4 2434 2498 510 Extended > hdb5 2434 2498 510 linux-swap > hdb1 1 1253 9829 fat32 > hdb2 1254 1266 102 ext3 > hdb3 1254 2433 9154 ext3 > > Hope that helps. > > Thanks! doc > > On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 20:30, Colburn wrote: > > I have just successfully loaded RH9 on one HDD and RH8 has been running > > on the other. > > > > The RH9 is on the boot disk, RH8 is loaded on the Slave. > > > > When I start up I see: > > > > Mounting local file systems Mount: LABEL = /boot duplicate - not mounted > > FAILED > > > > Later ... > > > > Mounting other local file systems Mount: LABEL = /boot duplicate - not > > mounted FAILED > > > > RH8 has a few early updates but not many, RH9 is right off the boxed CD > > set. > > > > I'd like to be able to pull some stuff off the RH8 HDD over to the RH9 > > HDD and then wipe it clean. At this point I cannot even see it. > > > > Thanks! doc > > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe