Hi,
On 3/9/07, Mohan Nayaka mohansn@gmail.com wrote:
Has anyone tried out Slackware with ubuntu on the same machine? I read
that
Slack uses lilo while I use grub with ubuntu now. Can a Slack installation coexist with this setup? googling suggests that skipping the lilo installation and then fixing up with grub will do it. I think I would have to use knoppix see what exact files it has put in /boot to figure out the right entries for kernel and initrd (if any). Is this right?
Certainly ... Slack , Ubuntu , Fedora core etc and even Windows can coexist peacefully on the same system . The process is referred to as dual-booting ( or multi booting) You can use either lilo / grub . Lilo and grub are very similar .... you have to specify these 4 things: 1) title 2) partition number 3) kernel 4) initrd image in the configuration file for each of the operating system that you have installed.
Check out the exact syntax. I am sure you can find out .
NTLDR from windows , can also be used . This URL explains how it can be done : http://www.vsubhash.com/writeups/multiboot_os.asp
Regards, Sourabh