Re: [expert] Multiple Linux systems on one hard disk?

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 5/04/00 12:21, Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] is reported to have 
said:

>Absolutely.  With a disk that big, you may want to plan ahead.  Assuming
>your computer isn't all kinds of cool (as in, able to boot past the 8GB
>limit) you'll want to make all your /boot partitions at the beginning of
>the disk, then your / (root) partitions, and maybe stick a single /home
>partition in the middle, to be shared across the multiple installations.

Ah... interesting.  I had read that but did not think of it.  How do I 
know if my computer can boot at any point on the HD?  And, if not, do I 
need to set up a whole bunch of partitions like this:

boot1
boot2
boot3
boot4
data1
data2
data3
data4

Thanks,

Kirk



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