> Am Fr, den 31.10.2003 schrieb Globe Trotter um 19:17: > > have my home directory on /usr/local/ and have RH9 installed on /. > > wondering about that. Perhaps your /home directory is on a separate > partition? Have a look at /etc/fstab which shows you which partitions > are used. Thanks! Here is my /etc/fstab LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/1 /1 ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 LABEL=/usr/local /usr/local ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hde2 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,r o 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,r o 0 0 Note that the /1 is for situations such as what I want (namely to install another operating system). > > I would like > > to try out two new OS's -- Fedora and SuSE9.0 -- but not throw out the RH9. > How > > do I go about doing this? > > It's quite easy and straightforward. I suppose your harddisk is > currently used by RH9 in toto. Basically you have to resize one or > several of the existing partitions. You need about 3.5-4 gb for a test > installation of Fedora, 4-4.5 gb for SuSE. During a standard > installation of Fedora or SuSE you choose one of these gaps for the > installation. After Installation you have to adjust the bootloader > configuration manually to be able to choose which system to boot. So, during installation, when it asks for / to be put in, I offer that other /1 directory? Is that right? I am unclear about what needs to be done to the bootloader. > > For a detailed advice we need more information: size of the harddisk(s), > content of /etc/fstab, output of "df", output of "/sbin/fdisk /dev/hda" > (and hdb for a second harddisk) (commandline as root), option p (exit > the program using "q"!). Just in case you can read German I can provide > you with a link to a detailed description. df gives the following: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hde5 4031656 2213064 1613796 58% / /dev/hde1 4232952 32828 3985096 1% /1 none 1034352 0 1034352 0% /dev/shm /dev/hde6 103051152 22842268 74974168 24% /usr/local root]# /sbin/fdisk /dev/hde The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 232514. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) root]# /sbin/fdisk /dev/hdg The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 232514. There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024, and could in certain setups cause problems with: 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Thanks! Sorry mein not sprechen Deutsche... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
