[Sussex] Linux dual boot

[Gavin Stevens]

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 01:23:38 +0100
Alan Pope <alan.pope at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Presently, I have the partitions set up like this:
> > 
> > /dev/hda1       /       primary, bootable
> > /dev/hda3       /1      primary
> > [/dev/hda2              extended]
> > /dev/hda5       /home
> > /dev/hda6       swap
> 
> Ok, really the hda3 and hda1 should both be /, there's no such thing
> as /1 really. This is a common mistake made by Windows veterans who
> are used to having to use folders to organise stuff. Now there's the
> extra level of partitions above that, it makes things a bit more
> complicated, but not too much.
> 
> > /dev/hda3 has been renamed "/1" after having to re-install Debian
> > (at which point, I deliberately wiped the CentOS install, leaving
> > that partition ready to have another go).
> > 
> 
> Hmm. I'm not sure I follow, but I am sure that lots of the confusion
> lies with the /1 stuff. It just plain shouldn't be there. All the
> linux installs on this box - however many you have, should all have a
> / - wherever that partition is.

OK, I can see where I went wrong now - I should have set up "/" on both
primary partitions. The "/1" came from CentOS's own effort at renaming
its partition & this was obviously a source of confusion in itself.

Thanks for your help,

Gavin.