Tao Chen wrote: > > > On 7/7/06, *James C. McPherson* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 15:00 +1000, James C. McPherson wrote: > >> I have run dual-boot (Solaris + MS-Windows) and triple boot > (Solaris > >> + MS-Windows + Debian) without issues, installed from scratch > using > >> the relevant OS installer, and have not had any problems. > > Is there a limitation for OpenSolaris/Solaris or even Nexenta > such it > > has to be installed into a Primary partition(like FreeBSD) or > can it > > also take Extended partitions? > > Hi Ow Mun, > at the moment there is a limitation -- you cannot at this point > install > Solaris into a DOS Extended Partition. This is the subject of a PSARC > case though, so I believe it's fair to say that that should change in > the not too distant future :) > > > Isn't that what W.Wayne Liauh is really concerned with? > > It's not about dual-boot Solaris + Linux, or Solaris + Windows. > It's about dual-boot two OpenSolaris distributions: Solaris/Nevada + > NexentaOS/BeneliX/SchilliX. > > x86 systems allow up to /four/ different fdisk partitions on a disk. > /Only one/ of them can be Solaris partition. > Now you have confirmed Solaris currently cannot be installed into a > DOS Extended Partition.
But as James said, there is a PSARC case for this, so voices haven't been ignored. > So the question is, can we install two OpenSolaris distributions (or > two versions of the same distribution) to one disk? two disks? > I don't know about the other, but you can gave multiple versions of Sun's distribution by using live upgrade. Ian _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
