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On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 15:17 +0000, kevin wrote: > On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 12:50 +0000, Philip Whateley wrote: > > I have a Lenovo laptop, nominal 320Gb HD partitioned as follows: > > > > sda1 30Gb ext3 flagged 'Boot' with Ubuntu 9.04 amd64 installed > > sda2 30Gb unknown filesystem (probably not formatted) nothing installed > > sda3 4Gb Linux Swap > > sda4 Extended, containing > > sda5 230Gb ext3 /home > > > > I would like to install another distro on sda2, preferably Debian Lenny > > 32bit so I can dual boot, but I am concerned about breaking Grub etc. I > > don't want to virtualise Debian within Ubuntu, as one of the objectives > > is to be able to boot from an alternative system if I break Ubuntu. > make a copy of your /boot/grub.conf > > install Debian > > It should find your existing grub and just add to it.... > > if it doesnt then when you have booted in to Debian just add your old > ubuntu section after the last line > > an example of Dual boot Fedor and Winxp > > #boot=/dev/sda > default=1 > timeout=12 > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > #hiddenmenu > title Fedora (2.6.27.9-73.fc9.i686) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27.9-73.fc9.i686 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 > rhgb quiet > initrd /initrd-2.6.27.9-73.fc9.i686.img > title WinXP > rootnoverify (hd1,0) > map (hd0) (hd1) > map (hd1) (hd0) > chainloader +1 > title Fedora (2.6.27.7-53.fc9.i686) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-53.fc9.i686 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 > rhgb quiet > initrd /initrd-2.6.27.7-53.fc9.i686.img > title Fedora (2.6.25.10-86.fc9.i686) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.10-86.fc9.i686 ro > root=UUID=29eaae06-882f-4a65-9b86-e5e617025f7a rhgb quiet > initrd /initrd-2.6.25.10-86.fc9.i686.img > > dont forget to unhide the boot menu (as above) or you will have to catch > the grub menu by pressing a key on bootup. > > > > I have looked online for information to guide me, but found nothing on > > Ubuntu Forums or Debian, or via Google search (although plenty on dual > > booting with Windows which I have done in the past, and also > > virtualisation). I am a bit concerned about experimenting, as I have > > come across horror stories about broken MBR and Grub. > > > > Can anyone on the list point me towards any information (online or > > paper) on how to do this? > > > > Many thanks > > > > Phil Whateley > > > > > > > > > Regards > > Kevin Lucas > Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved repressed(possibly!Definitely!) > Po House, Minions, > Liskeard Cornwall > PL14 5LE > 01579363386 > > Thanks Kevin. Does that mean that the MBR will be moved to the Debian partition? I guess it doesn't matter too much, except that all the configuration files on /home are for Ubuntu (I'm planning to create a separate folder for Debian and mount that as home to keep the configs separate), but I am interested in the way this works. Is there any way of installing Debian and then editing grub.conf on sda1 to find it, so the MBR stays on sda1? Please excuse what are probably dumb questions. Phil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html