Hello:
This is another reflection of my ignorance, but I've run into a problem setting up antiX8 in my desktop. The box has two hard drives, sda and sdb. I had Ubuntu running there for the last 2+ years with windows in the other drive. I went to install antix and I accidentally wiped out Ubuntu also. I got confused as to where to install grub (or where to put the MBR?).
At any rate, here's the set up
sda 80 G
sdb 150G
I want to install antix in sdb and save sda for another system (I wanted to install sidux). So, is it possible to install antiX in sdb? where does the grub menu go? in MBR in sda or sdb? And when I install sidux in sda, how do I keep that from wiping out antix?
I also had another problem. antix8 could not connect to my router (through an ethernet connection), but sidux had no problem from a livecd (using ceni). It's probably a driver issue. I'll work on fixing this as soon as I can make antix and whatever else (sidux most likely) coexist peaceably.
thanks.
Pedro
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plveraPosts: 903
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Last edited by plvera on 13 Mar 2009, 18:09, edited 1 time in total.
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drghughesPosts: 39
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Hi Pedro!
The main thing here is to set up the right number of partitions. I've got Windows XP and MEPIS installed on a PC with two drives (500 GB and 80 GB) and here are the partitions that I set up and the way that they've been formatted. Hopefully this will help.
Master
1. 50 GB for Windows (NTFS)
2. 10 GB for MEPIS root (ext3)
3. ~5 GB (don't actually remember) for Linux Swap (Linux swap)
4. 10 GB for MEPIS home (ext3)
5. Balance for shared data (NTFS)
Slave
1. 80 GB for data (NTFS)
So basically you need a partition for each distribution, plus additional partitions if you want a separate Linux swap and separate home partitions for each Linux distro.
Grub is installed on MBR of the Master drive. My existing Windows installation is still on the slave drive and Grub"found" it when it did the installation so I'd expect that if you installed the Linuxes that you want on sdb then Grub will find them all when it's installed.
The main thing here is to set up the right number of partitions. I've got Windows XP and MEPIS installed on a PC with two drives (500 GB and 80 GB) and here are the partitions that I set up and the way that they've been formatted. Hopefully this will help.
Master
1. 50 GB for Windows (NTFS)
2. 10 GB for MEPIS root (ext3)
3. ~5 GB (don't actually remember) for Linux Swap (Linux swap)
4. 10 GB for MEPIS home (ext3)
5. Balance for shared data (NTFS)
Slave
1. 80 GB for data (NTFS)
So basically you need a partition for each distribution, plus additional partitions if you want a separate Linux swap and separate home partitions for each Linux distro.
Grub is installed on MBR of the Master drive. My existing Windows installation is still on the slave drive and Grub"found" it when it did the installation so I'd expect that if you installed the Linuxes that you want on sdb then Grub will find them all when it's installed.
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plvera - Joined: 11 Oct 2008
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drghughes:
Thanks for your help and all the information. I wish I had paid more attention when I first tried this and I would not have destroyed my ubuntu drive (windows I meant to destoy __{{emoticon}}__ ).
At any rate, I finally got it working (anti helped too) so everything is fine now.
Best regards,
Pedro
Thanks for your help and all the information. I wish I had paid more attention when I first tried this and I would not have destroyed my ubuntu drive (windows I meant to destoy __{{emoticon}}__ ).
At any rate, I finally got it working (anti helped too) so everything is fine now.
Best regards,
Pedro