Installing FC3 alongside another distro

[Andy Elvey]

Kam Leo wrote:

>On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 09:06:56 -0500, Andy Elvey
><andy.elvey at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi everyone -
>>    I'm a first-timer here and have a question about installing FC3
>>alongside another distro.
>>  At the moment, I'm running Mepis Linux, and I'm keen to install FC3 as
>>well.
>>
>>   What I'm wondering is -  if I try to install FC3, will it overwrite
>>the current bootloader, or will the FC3 bootloader just "append" itself
>>to what's already there?  ( I believe Mepis uses the Grub bootloader).
>>  At the moment, I have Grub in the master boot-record.  So, if I put
>>FC3's bootloader elsewhere, will it still be possible for me to access
>>both distros?
>>
>>  Very many thanks for your time and comments!
>>  - Andy
>>
>>Yes, it will.  Save a copy of grub.conf to a floppy or another
>>accessible media.  After installing FC3 insert the Mepis data into
>>FC3's grub.conf.  Comment out "hiddenmenu" line to see all boot
>>choices. 
>>    
>>
         Great!  Thanks very much for your very quick and helpful reply, 
Kam!
         - Andy