triple boot solaris/win2k/redhat9.0

redhat_newbie

Hi Pals,

Machine details and configurations are as below:

80 GB HDD Divided into 4 partitions

20 GB for C: (primary)
20 GB for E: (extended)logical drive
20 GB for F: (extended)logical drive
20 GB (one of first logical drive in the extended partition) redhat 9

Presently my machine is Dual boot machine with redhat 9 and win2k.

I am interested in buying a new harddisk 40GB and want to install Solaris 9 on it. As its released free for download. Just to try out how it works and to get familiar with it.
So please anyone who have triple boot on their machine with solaris/linux/windows please help me out.

Please give me step by step installation instructions !

Thanks you all,
cheers,

slartibardfast

I guess your using GRUB, as redhat9 is installed on your machine? if so install solaris on your second disk and then boot off your redhat cd and add this to your /boot/grub/menu.lst file after title 2: (which I assume is windows)!

title 3. Solaris 9
savedefault
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader (hd1,0)+1

then reinstall grub on your first disk:

# grub
(grub) root (hd0,0)
(grub) setup (hd0)
(grub) quit

grub rocks!!!

slartibardfast

I'm sorry forgot to add above you'll need to change menu.lst's default to saved when using grub's savedefault command!

default 0
to
default saved

It's such a nice feature having grub remember the last booted entry, and it really is fecking manditory for anyone using windows extensivly with linux!

flamegrill

To do this, its easiest to work Install Windows First, then Solaris Second and then finally linux and have it handle the Dual boot using either Grub or lilo.

Doing it in any other order hurts

Paul

slartibardfast

but as windows and linux are already installed reinstalling the grub bootloader on the first disk gets around this problem!!

hamster

Hmmm... Reckon I will try this.

Myself, currently I have WinXp (20Gb partition) and Redhat9 (10Gb partition). As slartibardfast says I guess I can re-run grub to update the boot menu.

ie, after a reinstall of XP I normally log in as root and run "grub-install /dev/hda" (assuming you want to put grub on the mbr of hda (disk1)). Can I do this after installing solaris 9? Then I could alter the /boot/grub/menu.lst file afterwards.
title 3. Solaris 9
savedefault
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader (hd1,0)+1

I think I will install Solaris 9 and try it out. I can make a partition available for it on the same drive 30Gb (10Gb WinXP, 10Gb RedHat , 10Gb Solaris)... it's a laptop.

How does Solaris treat existing partitions on install? This is interesting...

redhat_newbie

Sorry for my late reply

I have got 3 Solaris 9 CD's, I don't know from which one to start installing from(cd 1 or cd 2 or cd 3) . I have read in other forums regarding installing Solaris, it says solaris will occupy whole of the disk making its own partition. As I have no problems with Linux and windows (dual boot) I don't want to disturb it.

Some say it start it from CD 2 for GUI based installation and say it will occupy whole of the disk, so bit worried.

Please lads help me out where to start from

My configurations are as discussed above.

Thanks lads,
cheers,