Re: LUG: installing from secondary slave dvd or realm kit - Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:37:06 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: installing from secondary slave dvd or realm kit

From : Ed Anderson <nilbus@gmail.[redacted]>

Date : Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:37:06 -0400

You can install linux on the 2nd drive and configure grub to boot the
new intallation from the 2nd disk. During the installation, install
grub to the 2nd drive, not the MBR. This way it'll be there if you
change your set up later, and you have a grub entry to reference.

Afterward, boot into RH9, and add an entry for your new drive, using
the /boot/grub/grub.conf on the 2nd drive as an example, changing
anything as necessary.

Ed Anderson

On 6/16/05, David Kaye <dskaye@unity.ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have a RH9 with two IDE drives that I'd either like to install Fedora
> 3 or the campus Realm Kit. While I know that I can move some hardware
> around, I'd like to find the simplest way to accomplish one of the
> outcomes. The first is that I have services and data that I'd like to
> save from RH9. This is easily accomplished as I can install either the
> Realm Kit or Fedora 3 on the second drive (primary ide controller, slave
> drive). My challenge is that I'd rather not open the box and switch
> around the IDE cables to write to my now slave drive and remount
> partitions. Thus, I'm considering installing Fedora 3. If I chose to
> install Fedora, I'd prefer to install from a DVD image or even the
> network. My DVD drive is on the secondary chain and is the slave drive.
> I can't tell my bios to boot from the secondary slave. Is there a dd
> utility that I can run from a floppy. I can mount an iso on my Windows
> box and create some form of boot floppy. The Realm kit might be an
> option too, if I knew how to modify the kickstart.
>
> Any kind suggestions are appreciated. Cheers,
> -Dave
>
>
>

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Ed Anderson