Installing FC3 alongside another distro
Andy Elvey
andy.elvey at paradise.net.nz
Sat Jan 1 15:23:32 UTC 2005
Kam Leo wrote:
>On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 09:06:56 -0500, Andy Elvey
><andy.elvey at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi everyone -
>> I'm a first-timer here and have a question about installing FC3
>>alongside another distro.
>> At the moment, I'm running Mepis Linux, and I'm keen to install FC3 as
>>well.
>>
>> What I'm wondering is - if I try to install FC3, will it overwrite
>>the current bootloader, or will the FC3 bootloader just "append" itself
>>to what's already there? ( I believe Mepis uses the Grub bootloader).
>> At the moment, I have Grub in the master boot-record. So, if I put
>>FC3's bootloader elsewhere, will it still be possible for me to access
>>both distros?
>>
>> Very many thanks for your time and comments!
>> - Andy
>>
>>Yes, it will. Save a copy of grub.conf to a floppy or another
>>accessible media. After installing FC3 insert the Mepis data into
>>FC3's grub.conf. Comment out "hiddenmenu" line to see all boot
>>choices.
>>
>>
Great! Thanks very much for your very quick and helpful reply,
Kam!
- Andy
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