Re: Booting 5 OSes? Is this possible?
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:33:29 -0400 Zachary Uram net...@gmail.com wrote: I wish to setup on the same hard disk (500GB): Ubuntu 9.04 (64 bit) Debian 5.01 (64 bit) MS Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit) MS Windows 98 (32 bit) MS Windows XP (32 bit) I want to allocate 50GB for each. 5) Any special tips? Old versions of an OS are mainly used for compatibility with some old applications. It might be a good idea to save the 50GB-partition of W98 and install it in a virtual machine instead (on your home-partition, which is now 300GB instead of 250GB). Dirk. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Booting 5 OSes? Is this possible?
Zachary Uram wrote: I wish to setup on the same hard disk (500GB): Ubuntu 9.04 (64 bit) Debian 5.01 (64 bit) MS Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit) MS Windows 98 (32 bit) MS Windows XP (32 bit) Make sure you install Win98 first, then XP, then Vista, then install the first Linux grub to the MBR and then next Linux grub to root and copy the boot syntax from the second Linux to the first Linux /boot/grub/menu.lst. I want to allocate 50GB for each. Why so much for each OS, why not use a shared partition for your personal files, make it FAT32 OR NTFS and it can be shared by all, use 5GB for 98, 20GB for XP and 40GB for Vista and 10GB for each Linux is more than enough, just make the last extended partition a shared partition and make it big, if you want you can make one shared partition for Linux and one for Windows too. 1) Is this possible? Yes, I have similar installs on several laptops and desktops. 2) How do I setup grub (or lilo) to do this? 3) What order do I install each? 4) How should I handle setting up the partitions? You may want to use a live cd like parted magic or gparted to setup the partitions ahead of time and don't forget to make a swap partition, one or two GB's for swap will be more than enough. The layout would be Windows, Windows, Windows and the the extended partition, swap, Linux, Linux and then the shared partition/s. 5) Any special tips? Nope, sounds like you have it all figured out. :) -- Jimmy Johnson Bakersfield, CA. U.S.A. Registered Linux User #380263 K.I.S.S. (Keep it simple stupid) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Booting 5 OSes? Is this possible?
I wish to setup on the same hard disk (500GB): Ubuntu 9.04 (64 bit) Debian 5.01 (64 bit) MS Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit) MS Windows 98 (32 bit) MS Windows XP (32 bit) I want to allocate 50GB for each. 1) Is this possible? 2) How do I setup grub (or lilo) to do this? 3) What order do I install each? 4) How should I handle setting up the partitions? 5) Any special tips? Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Booting 5 OSes? Is this possible?
On Tuesday 30 June 2009 05:33:29 Zachary Uram wrote: I wish to setup on the same hard disk (500GB): Ubuntu 9.04 (64 bit) Debian 5.01 (64 bit) MS Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit) MS Windows 98 (32 bit) MS Windows XP (32 bit) I want to allocate 50GB for each. 1) Is this possible? 2) How do I setup grub (or lilo) to do this? 3) What order do I install each? 4) How should I handle setting up the partitions? 5) Any special tips? Zach Start with M$ staff first, then linux OS. Grub should pick up every Os without problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
