install fedora on RedHat

[Rick Stevens]

imran shafiq wrote:
> Hi
> 1) I want Fedora to run With RH5.

Fine.  Fedora and RH5 don't have the same binaries and such, so other 
than sharing /boot and the swap, you really need enough free disk space
(e.g. a partition) to install Fedora into.  If you used LVM, you may be
able to shrink your existing RH5 installation to free up space for the
Fedora partition.

Post the output of "fdisk -l" and the output of both "mount" and "df -h"
so we can see just what your system has going on.

> 2) I want to have the option to boot into Fedora or the RH5 in GRUB

Fine. Entries in /boot/grub/grub.conf can handle that.  The Fedora
entries will need to specify the new partition as the "root=" parameter
to the kernel line.

> 3) I have a 1024MB swap in RH5 can I used it in Fedora? or It need another 1024MB swap

Swap is swap.  Yes, it can be used in both.

> 4) I have a 100MB boot in RH5 can I used it in Fedora? or It need another 100MB boot

If there's enough room in /boot to handle the Fedora kernels and initrd
images along with the RH5 kernels and initrds, yes, it can be used.

> Imran Shafiq Khan
> 
> --- On Thu, 10/7/08, Karl Pearson <karlp at ourldsfamily.com> wrote:
> From: Karl Pearson <karlp at ourldsfamily.com>
> Subject: Re: install fedora on RedHat
> To: redhat-install-list at redhat.com
> Date: Thursday, 10 July, 2008, 9:31 PM
> 
> On Thu, July 10, 2008 12:44 am, imran shafiq wrote:
>> Hi Bob
>> Thanks for reply. I have following partitions of RH5:
>> 100 MB boot
>> 1024 MB swap
>> 8 GB root
>> 3 GB opt
>> Did I need another set of above partitions for Fedora.
>> or I can use same boot and swap partitions for Fedora also.
> 
> Are you going to replace RH5 or do you want Fedora to run With RH5?
> 
> Do you want to have the option to boot into one or the other, or do you want
> them to run simultaneously with one running in a window on the other?
> 
> Are you leaving RH5 or wishing to upgrade to Fedora to get some of the newer
> functions available in Fedora that have yet to be released into RH?
> 
> Just a couple clarifying questions so we can better help.
> 
> Karl
>>
>> Imran Shafiq Khan
>>
>> --- On Wed, 9/7/08, Bob McClure Jr <bob at bobcatos.com> wrote:
>> From: Bob McClure Jr <bob at bobcatos.com>
>> Subject: Re: install fedora on RedHat
>> To: redhat-install-list at redhat.com
>> Date: Wednesday, 9 July, 2008, 1:11 AM
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 11:58:17AM -0700, imran shafiq wrote:
>>> Hi All
>>> How to install a fedora on a machine having Redhat AS 5 with out
>>> disturbing the  Redhat AS 5.
>> Depends on your disk layout and how much spare space you have.  If you
>> have sufficient unallocated room, set up a separate partition for the
>> Fedora system.  If you have to have a separate /boot partition below
>> cylinder 1024, you may be able to share your existing one with RHAS 5.
>> The simplest solution, if you have room in the box, is to install
>> another hard disk, and install Fedora to that.
>>
>> After the install, you can modify your grub.conf to boot either
>> system.
>>
>>> Imran Shafiq Khan
>> Cheers,
>> --
>> Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
>> bob at bobcatos.com             http://www.bobcatos.com
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>> cannot hold water."  Jeremiah 2:13 (NIV)
>>
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