On Sat, 1 Sep 2001 22:57, Anguo wrote:
> I wonder:
>
> has anyone ever installed two or more different linux distro on a single
> hard drive and set lilo to dual/triple/whatever boot?
>
> You don't need to tell me how to do it just yet: I have some documentation
> here that I am gonna read first.
>
> Actually the only doc I have is an article by a Simon N goodwin without
> any web references. A search on google about multilinux or several linux
> distro installed on the same box didn't give any result. No how-to, no
> nothing. Just this printed article.
>
> The only documentation is about dos + linux dual boot or Windrowse + linux
> dual boot but not linux + linux dual boot (in my case that would be
> mandrake as primary OS plus one or both of the two local distro: CLE or
> Linpus).
>
> I will read the win+linux dual boot doc anyway: I guess that most of the
> info is relevant all the same.
>
> I wish to be able the compare different distro at the same time, especially
> since I don't seem to be able (yet) to properly configure Mandrake so that
> it does what I want it to do with Chinese.
>
> I was thinking that either CLE or Linpus would have better chinese support
> all around.
>
> I will read my doc carfully and plan for success.
>
> Meanwhile I was curious about whether anyone else on the list has attempted
> that before.
>
> Did the installation go smoothly?
> How, in practical terms, do you use this setup for?
> How do the different distro interact together?
> Do you need one /home/user/ for each distro, or can you use the same for
> all?
I haven't done it myself, but I have heard of many people using the same
/home directory for several different GNU/Linux installations on the same
machine. This works because /home configuration files are dependent upon your
apps, not the distro.
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