ArtF10
August 21st, 2007, 11:54 PM
I am trying to install three distros on the same HD. I have
/dev/sda5 Xubuntu /home
/dev/sda6 Swap
/dev/sda7 Xubuntu /
I want:
/dev/sda8 Ubuntu /home
/dev/sda9 Ubuntu /
/dev/sda10 PcLinux /home <-----this might have to change
/dev/sda11 PcLinux / <-----this might have to change
I sepnt the last 4 hours going through the PcLinux install without any luck. Here's what I did and my questions:
I selected /home for /dev/sda 10 and / for /dev/sda11 as planned above. The next screen in the installation asks me for mount points and Grub options: Grub Text, Grub Graphic or LILO so I said Grub text so that I could select from the same Grub boot loader. It is the mount points that are confusing to me. IT gives me a drop down menu for selecting the mount point. NOW, the PC Linux Wiki gives the following as instructions for this procedure:
http://docs.pclinuxos.com/Adding_PCLinuxOS_to_an_existing_GRUB
Essentially I would be adding PCLinux to the existing Grub by what they say "You have installed the bootloader, of the PCLinuxOS you want to boot, to the partitions bootsector" and then edit the file /boot/grub/grub.conf of the linux that "owns" the "master" bootloader in the MBR by adding the following at the end of the file:
title PCLinuxOS
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
chainloader +1
1. By this do they mean that I need to select /boot instead of / for dev/sda10?
2. Do I need to select /dev/sda10 as the mount point and not use / as the mount point from the Grub selection screen?
I tried this earlier and it failed. I must have selected a wrong mount point(not sure) because the bootloader did nto work as XUbuntu did not show up. I had to reset Grub and then it automatically boots into Xubuntu with no mention of PcLinux. I have spent much time on google searching for this and need some guidance here.
3. If I install Ubuntu, would I just use / for /dev/sda9 and /home for /dev/sda8 or will that also be more complicated to get it TOO to show up in the same Grub bootloader as Xubuntu...separate from Xubuntu ofcourse?
/dev/sda5 Xubuntu /home
/dev/sda6 Swap
/dev/sda7 Xubuntu /
I want:
/dev/sda8 Ubuntu /home
/dev/sda9 Ubuntu /
/dev/sda10 PcLinux /home <-----this might have to change
/dev/sda11 PcLinux / <-----this might have to change
I sepnt the last 4 hours going through the PcLinux install without any luck. Here's what I did and my questions:
I selected /home for /dev/sda 10 and / for /dev/sda11 as planned above. The next screen in the installation asks me for mount points and Grub options: Grub Text, Grub Graphic or LILO so I said Grub text so that I could select from the same Grub boot loader. It is the mount points that are confusing to me. IT gives me a drop down menu for selecting the mount point. NOW, the PC Linux Wiki gives the following as instructions for this procedure:
http://docs.pclinuxos.com/Adding_PCLinuxOS_to_an_existing_GRUB
Essentially I would be adding PCLinux to the existing Grub by what they say "You have installed the bootloader, of the PCLinuxOS you want to boot, to the partitions bootsector" and then edit the file /boot/grub/grub.conf of the linux that "owns" the "master" bootloader in the MBR by adding the following at the end of the file:
title PCLinuxOS
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
chainloader +1
1. By this do they mean that I need to select /boot instead of / for dev/sda10?
2. Do I need to select /dev/sda10 as the mount point and not use / as the mount point from the Grub selection screen?
I tried this earlier and it failed. I must have selected a wrong mount point(not sure) because the bootloader did nto work as XUbuntu did not show up. I had to reset Grub and then it automatically boots into Xubuntu with no mention of PcLinux. I have spent much time on google searching for this and need some guidance here.
3. If I install Ubuntu, would I just use / for /dev/sda9 and /home for /dev/sda8 or will that also be more complicated to get it TOO to show up in the same Grub bootloader as Xubuntu...separate from Xubuntu ofcourse?