Re: multiple OSs

["Jim C. Brown" <jbrown1050@hotpop.com>]

I prefer Lilo to grub myself, the one thing Grub has going for it is that
you dont need to reinstall it every time you upgrade your linux kernel.

One gotcha to watch out for ... many WindowsOSes tend to overwrite the MBR,
so you should install the Windows OS first, then the others, and then the boot
loader (so poor Lilo or Grub or whatever you choose doesnt get overwritten).

Also, all OSes have their flaws ... Linux and FreeBSD can be complicated to setup
sometimes, but they rarely crash so bizarelly as the MS OSes do. (I have no
information about Novell's OS, sorry.) Or did you mean something else
by "which is easier to maintain" ?

On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 09:55:05PM +0200, Anthony Nguyen wrote:
> I don't know for novell (if it has a particularity with MBR, I've never
> installed it) but for the other OS you can install all of them with most of
> boot loaders.
> 
> Basically, you have to:
> 	- divide your HD in multiple partitions (1 for win, 1 for Linux, 1
> for its swap ... etc)
> 	- install each of the OS
> 	- boot under Linux (if you want to use grub or lilo as boot loader)
> 	- configure lilo or grub so when you'll boot, you'll have a menu
> that will be displayed so you can choose what OS you want to boot on
> 
> Usually I keep a "boot" floppy disk to boot on Linux (once I've installed
> it), just in case that I install an OS which I don't know how to configure
> the boot loader.
> 
> Lilo is easy to configure and you'll find many tutorials to help you to
> configure it, while grub may seem a little bit harder to configure but can
> be reconfigured at his prompt.
> 
> I don't get what you mean by "Which is easier to maintain?".
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-admin-
> > owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Subhash Bhushan
> > Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 8:19 AM
> > To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
> > 
> > I have two HDs on one of my systems. Now, I would like to install Novell,
> > Freebsd, Windows and Linux on it. Is it possible? If it is, then is there
> > any restriction as to which should be installed first and which last?
> >   If it is not possible, then which is the best combination of OSs that I
> > can have? Windows, linux and freebsd? or windows, linux and Novell? Which
> > is
> > easier to maintain?
> >   Just a doubt that I have wanted to clear for a long time :)
> >   Thanks in advance,
> > 
> >   Subhash.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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