H.D. install problem -

[Bob Goodwin]

Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>> Ok, I can't mount it on / because that's already used but I can mount 
>> it on /mnt and copy files at least.  Thats a start, more than I've 
>> been able to do so far!
>
> Why on earth would you want to mount it on "/"????  Then you wouldn't 
> have access to your F9 filesystem (the F8 one would be mounted on top 
> of it)....
>
I didn't want to mount it there but tried it and got an error message.

>> mount  /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 /mnt
>>
>> I'll need to figure how to get grub to boot it ...
>
> Should be similar to how the F9 system is booted, just the root= part 
> should change, right?  While you have your F8 filesystem mounted, look 
> at your F8 grub.conf file and create an entry for it in your F9 
> grub.conf file.

Yes, I will work on that tomorrow, I've had enough for today!

Thanks for the help.

Bob