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I wanna install Fedora11 and Debian 5.0 on the same server. Whenever I try to install 2nd linux operating system it unmounts the previously install OS n then mount the ...
  1. 07-18-2009 #1
    fasiha
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    Dual mode for 2 linux OS



    I wanna install Fedora11 and Debian 5.0 on the same server. Whenever I try to install 2nd linux operating system it unmounts the previously install OS n then mount the new one. I dont know how to enable dual boot for 2 linux operating systems. Any idea??
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  2. 07-19-2009 #2
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    You need a spare partition for your second system. When you install, choose to partition your disk manually and specify the spare partition as the root partition of your new system. Don't install a bootloader; use the existing one. If it's GRUB, edit menu.lst in your existing system to show the second system as an option; if it's LILO, edit a new stanza into lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo in your old system.

    Lots of us dual-boot. It doesn't usually cause problems.
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  3. 07-21-2009 #3
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    Its working.... Thanks alot!
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