[plug] re: upgrading a dual boot system

[Jon Miller]

Craig,
Yes you are right and /dev/hda2 is /.  The original listing I mention was from the RH installer.  After looking at /etc/fstab I've marked all the settings down.  

Thanks

Jon L. Miller, MCNE, CNS
Director/Sr Systems Consultant
MMT Networks Pty Ltd
http://www.mmtnetworks.com.au

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure
 is trying to please everybody." -Bill Cosby



>>> craig at postnewspapers.com.au 8:19:43 PM 18/07/2003 >>>
> I'm in the process of upgrading a dual boot PC.  The partitions are:  
> /dev/hda1 - Windows 2000 (NTFS) 
> /dev/hda2 - ext3 
> /dev/hda3 - swap

OK, where are you getting that list from? If it's an installer, they 
can't read the /etc/fstab of your existing system and can't tell you 
what partiton was what. So most likely '/dev/hda2' is / and you werent' 
using a '/boot' partition (if your machine is vaguely modern this isn't 
an issue).

If you want to confirm, have a look at your /etc/fstab under your 
current system and see what it says. Write it down so that you can keep 
track of what is what if you need to, /then/ start the install.