Re: install gentoo as a second distro in one system

--- Maynard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Your GenToo partitions should be arranged this way
> /dev/hdc1 [boot] /dev/hdc2 [swap] /dev/hdc3 [root]
> If you have a swap partition on /dev/hda then you can share that between
> them instead of creating another swap file.
Ok, I shall do it according to your suggestion. I already have a swap partition in my /dev/hda, but is it okay if I create another swap on /dev/hdc and use 2 swap parition (hda & hdc) at the same time?

> As to why GenToo needs its own /boot partition, the reason is simply the
> fact that GenToo does not use the same boot script (initd.sc) that everyone
> else uses. It is also much more customizable because it does not use the
> (SystemV) run level scripts, instead it uses a "Virtual Run Level" by
> simple starting or stopping service as needed unlike many others, which enter Run
> Level 3 as default. From personal experience with both Mandrake and Redhat,
> I feel the GenToo boot script makes more sense because of the Security it
> offers. You do not have any services running except for those you
> specifically need.
So that explained why /boot partition need a 100MB. But since the Gentoo's kernel image is located at /dev/hdc2 (/boot), how can my lilo access the other HD access Gentoo /boot partition? Could you show me the sample of lilo.conf

thanks

willy