Hi all, 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?
Regards, Mohan S N
On 3/9/07, Mohan Nayaka wrote:
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?
You can just boot into Ubuntu, mount the slackware partitions and edit /boot/grub/menu.lst.
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
On 3/9/07, saurabh daptardar saurabh.daptardar@gmail.com wrote:
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.
<snip>
dual-booting ( or multi booting) You can use either lilo / grub . Lilo and
My doubt was whether there was something about Slack which would require lilo and i would have to go about setting up lilo for ubuntu. It is now clear that there is no problem.
grub are very similar .... you have to specify these 4 things:
- title
- partition number
- kernel
- 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
good link. thanks
Regards, Mohan S N
Hi,
On 3/9/07, Mohan Nayaka mohansn@gmail.com wrote:> On 3/9/07, saurabh daptardar saurabh.daptardar@gmail.com wrote:
NTLDR from windows , can also be used . This URL explains how it can be done : http://www.vsubhash.com/writeups/multiboot_os.asp
good link. thanks
Few more links on boot loaders for beginners:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#General-boot-methods http://lilo.go.dyndns.org/ http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LILO.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LILO_(boot_loader) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_GRUB http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTLDR http://www.vsubhash.com/writeups/multiboot_os.asp
Regards, Sourabh
-
mehul -
Mohan Nayaka -
saurabh daptardar