Adding 9.04 install and keeping win2000 and 8.04-what to do with grub

[ahurd]

Subject says it all. Also how does swap get shared between 8.04 and 9.04?

[Fintan]

Re: Adding 9.04 install and keeping win2000 and 8.04-what to do with grub

The quick answer? You only need one share partition for linux. nay booted linux will use it.

[ahurd]

Re: Adding 9.04 install and keeping win2000 and 8.04-what to do with grub

Main question: does grub cfg need editing to still boot from 8.04 as well as 9.04 and win? If so how is it done?

[Fintan]

Re: Adding 9.04 install and keeping win2000 and 8.04-what to do with grub

If you are installing 9.04, let it install grub to mbr.
In most cases this is the first HD on your system.
grub will see all OS'S on your computer.

Before you do that, could specify how your machine is set up?

[ahurd]

Re: Adding 9.04 install and keeping win2000 and 8.04-what to do with grub

setup is detailed in post "Need help with proposed new install of 9.04"

[vinnywright]

Re: Adding 9.04 install and keeping win2000 and 8.04-what to do with grub

setup is detailed in post "Need help with proposed new install of 9.04"

I dont think that's what Fintan wanted..........probebley a

sudo fdisk -l

to see the disk and partition layout

VINNY

[ahurd]

Re: Adding 9.04 install and keeping win2000 and 8.04-what to do with grub

Here it is:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xe0472aba

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1912 15358108+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 1913 5736 30716280 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 5737 7266 12289725 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 7267 60801 430019887+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 7649 7903 2048287+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 7904 20651 102398278+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 20652 25113 35840983+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 25114 26891 14281753+ 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 4005 MB, 4005560320 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 15280 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4cac1014

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 16 15280 3907648 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
albert@ALBERT:~$

[vinnywright]

Re: Adding 9.04 install and keeping win2000 and 8.04-what to do with grub

wow so hears what I see................

/dev/sda1.....this is win 2000

/dev/sda2 thrue /dev/sda8 linux ..... excluding /dev/sda4 and /dev/sda5...tell why so meney and what eatch are for?

/dev/sda5 of corse is swap and yes it will be used by eney linux thats booted

/dev/sda has 60801 cylinders and your entrys stop at 26891 so you have unalocated space on this drive I would say a lot .....? how mutch?

I beleave you sead that /dev/sdb1 16 15280 3907648 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
was a old drive from a old install? it looks like a 4 Gig.....?

tell us whats what and we will go from thare

VINNY

[ahurd]

Re: Adding 9.04 install and keeping win2000 and 8.04-what to do with grub

sda1 win2000
2 8.04 /home
3 8.04 /
4 extended
2.93 unallocated
5 swap
6 /DATA
7 /home for 9.04
8 / for 9.04
259.76 unallocated for future

[Fintan]

Re: Adding 9.04 install and keeping win2000 and 8.04-what to do with grub

Okay, that makes things more clear.

Main question: does grub cfg need editing to still boot from 8.04 as well as 9.04 and win? If so how is it done?

One question before we continue:
Is 9.04 installed and you need to edit the 8.04 grub.conf, or are you going to install 9.04?

[ahurd]

Re: Adding 9.04 install and keeping win2000 and 8.04-what to do with grub

I am going to install 9.04.

[Fintan]

Re: Adding 9.04 install and keeping win2000 and 8.04-what to do with grub

Okay, I read your other posts. No need to post the same question three times but be that as it may.

Just install 9.04 and use the manual partitioning feature during install.

assign 9.04 to it's root (sda8 ?)

assign /home to its /home (sda7 ?)

you may want to assign any other partitions (without formating) to be mounted at boot while you are at it. (like /DATA)

A personal side note here: I don't see any reason for two /home partitions. I use one for all my disrto's and just give each a different user name.

Anyway, let the installation put grub in the mbr and it will see your other OS's (win2000 / 8.04, etc)

Hope this helps

enjoy

[ahurd]

Re: Adding 9.04 install and keeping win2000 and 8.04-what to do with grub

Many thanks for all that.

[Fintan]

Re: Adding 9.04 install and keeping win2000 and 8.04-what to do with grub

No problem, glad to be of help

[ahurd]

Re: Adding 9.04 install and keeping win2000 and 8.04-what to do with grub

Just attemped to install. It complained that I had 2 partitions with same mntpoint / (and would have undoubtedly had the same problem with /home if I had proceeded). I decided to have two partitions for / (and /home) following an earlier suggestion(Snowhog) which did not forsee this problem. What to do?