Question: multiple linux systems?

[berksoy]

Hi,

I have a task (don't even ask how I ended up with this task), but I have to install a windows and 2 linux operating systems in one computer. linux 7.1 and linux 6.2 with windows ME.

I installed windows then 7.1, and then 6.2 however, when i boot for linux it automatically goes to 6.2 (the one i install last). Is there a way to put all three in one hard disk (and be able to access)? or do i need another hard drive? If it is possible, how?

Thanks in advance.. :)

[scanez]

Originally posted by berksoy:
<STRONG>Hi,

I have a task (don't even ask how I ended up with this task), but I have to install a windows and 2 linux operating systems in one computer. linux 7.1 and linux 6.2 with windows ME.

I installed windows then 7.1, and then 6.2 however, when i boot for linux it automatically goes to 6.2 (the one i install last). Is there a way to put all three in one hard disk (and be able to access)? or do i need another hard drive? If it is possible, how?

Thanks in advance.. :)</STRONG>
Um okay, what do you mean by linux 7.1? Which distros are you installing? What do you mean that you automatically boot into 6.2, does the lilo screen come up and it just goes into 6.2 by default, or does nothing come up at all? You don't need another hard drive, just seperate partitions for windows, and the two distros.

Little more info please, thanks!
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[Joeri Sebrechts]

The process is this:
First you install windows, then you install one linux, and you make lilo install itself onto the / partition, plus you make the floppy boot disk so you can boot into it at any time. Then you install the other linux, and you make lilo install itself onto the / partition and again make that boot floppy. Then you go to xosl.org, you get xosl, and install that. And you add the windows partition, and the / partitions of each of the linuces to the boot menu.

That should work. If you feel icky about xosl, you can boot into one of the linuxes with the boot floppy you made for it, and change your lilo.conf to include both the windows partition and the other linux partition.

Or, you can follow the instructions from the linux+win9x howto (http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Loadlin+Win95-98-ME.html) or those of the linux+winnt/2k howto (http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+WinNT.html) for both of the linuces, depending on what windows we're talking about.

[ 10 October 2001: Message edited by: Joeri Sebrechts ]

[berksoy]

Thanks for all the replies. I will try what Joeri suggested, but I will try to give more details in the mean time. I want to install windows ME + red hat linux version 7.1 + red hat linux version 6.2 in one computer that has one hard drive. I was able to install all three systems however, on the lilo screen i get two choices: DOS or Linux. When i choose DOs it executes windows which is normal. When I choose Linux it executes the latest Linux I installed. I wanted to change lilo.conf to add another option for the other Linux version, but of course, it could not find bootable partition.
I dont know what you mean by distros, I would be happy if someone could explain that (I'm a newbie, so I wont understand if you use hi tech terms :) )

I hope that explains a little bit better.

Thanks again.

[solo]

A Linux distribution ("distro" for short) is the specific flavor, or brand of Linux you have. In your example, you are using two different versions of the same distribution (Red Hat). Debian is another separate distro, as is SuSE, and Slackware.

There are other 'sub-distributions' of these:

Libranet = Debian (Potato)
Mandrake = Red Hat
Caldera = RedHat
Progeny = Debian

For now; SuSE is SuSE, and Slackware is Slackware.

[scanez]

Originally posted by berksoy:
<STRONG>Thanks for all the replies. I will try what Joeri suggested, but I will try to give more details in the mean time. I want to install windows ME + red hat linux version 7.1 + red hat linux version 6.2 in one computer that has one hard drive. I was able to install all three systems however, on the lilo screen i get two choices: DOS or Linux. When i choose DOs it executes windows which is normal. When I choose Linux it executes the latest Linux I installed. I wanted to change lilo.conf to add another option for the other Linux version, but of course, it could not find bootable partition.
I dont know what you mean by distros, I would be happy if someone could explain that (I'm a newbie, so I wont understand if you use hi tech terms :) )

I hope that explains a little bit better.

Thanks again.</STRONG>
Okay, sounds good, then you really don't need to do anything extra other than edit your lilo.conf file. What did you do to try to add the other RedHat to lilo? Post your /etc/lilo.conf file so we can help you out. There should be no need to reinstall everything, just sounds like you have to edit lilo.conf.

Good luck
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[bdg1983]

Okay, sounds good, then you really don't need to do anything extra other than edit your lilo.conf file. What did you do to try to add the other RedHat to lilo? Post your /etc/lilo.conf file so we can help you out. There should be no need to reinstall everything, just sounds like you have to edit lilo.conf.

Yep, that's all you have to do. Unless you installed the second Linux over the first. You didn't do that did you?