[gentoo-user] Re: core packages for a dual-boot system

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, hawat.thufir@×××××.com wrote:

..
>> as can be seen, there's a vfat partition, "/mnt/windows".
>>
>> [thufir@localhost ~]$
>> [thufir@localhost ~]$ df
>> Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
>> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
>>                      17394484  14690156   1806488  90% /
>> /dev/hda2               101105     18104     77780  19% /boot
>> /dev/shm                111860         0    111860   0% /dev/shm
>> /dev/hda1             11451144   9922200   1528944  87% /mnt/windows
>> [thufir@localhost ~]$ date
>> Sun Mar 19 12:28:40 EST 2006
>> [thufir@localhost ~]$
>>
>
> 4.b. Designing a Partitioning Scheme
>
> Default Partitioning Scheme
>
> If you are not interested in drawing up a partitioning scheme for your
> system, you can use the partitioning scheme we use throughout this book:
> Partition 	Filesystem 	Size 	Description
> /dev/hda1 	ext2 	32M 	Boot partition
> /dev/hda2 	(swap) 	512M 	Swap partition
> /dev/hda3 	ext3 	Rest of the disk 	Root partition
>
>
> <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=4#fdisk>
>
>
> So, I want something like:
> Partition 	Filesystem 	Size 	Description
> /dev/hda1 	ext2 	32M 	Boot partition
> /dev/hda2 	(swap) 	512M 	Swap partition
> /dev/hda3 	ext3 	??? 	Root partition
> /dev/hda4	fat32
>
>
> I'm concerned about overwriting the windows partition, or mucking up the
> dual-boot bootloader.
>
> There are directions at
> <http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_boot#Single_Drive_Install_.28Windows_Pre-Installed.29>,
> but I'd like to have it all worked out ahead of time for my own sake.
>
> Perhaps I don't even need to format anything?
>
>
> -Thufir
>


[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]# cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this 
file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#          root (hd0,1)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.1833_FC4)
         root (hd0,1)
         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 
rhgb quiet
         initrd /initrd-2.6.15-1.1833_FC4.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.14-1.1656_FC4)
         root (hd0,1)
         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 
rhgb quiet
         initrd /initrd-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4)
         root (hd0,1)
         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 
rhgb quiet
         initrd /initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img
title Other
         rootnoverify (hd0,0)
         chainloader +1
[root@localhost ~]# date
Sun Mar 19 16:18:10 EST 2006
[root@localhost ~]#



I also want to leave grub alone, yes?  Well, I want to switch it from 
fedora to gentoo, somehow.  But, I want to leave the windows part alone. 
Hmm.



thanks,

Thufir
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