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From: "Anthony Nguyen" <nguyenanthony@wanadoo.fr>
To: 'Subhash Bhushan' <subhash_bhushan@hotmail.com>,
	linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: multiple OSs
Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 21:55:05 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030504195507.42FDFA803FE8@mwinf0304.wanadoo.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Law14-F101OumdUxN3b0000fce9@hotmail.com>

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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  reply	other threads:[~2003-05-04 19:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-05-04  6:19 multiple OSs Subhash Bhushan
2003-05-04 19:55 ` Anthony Nguyen [this message]
2003-05-04 20:17   ` Jim C. Brown
2003-05-05  1:12     ` terry white
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-05-05  2:20 Subhash Bhushan
2003-05-05 10:37 ` Sumit
2003-05-05 15:48 ` Milan P. Stanic

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