[olug] Two different distros on the same HD

[Tim OBrien]

<quote who="Don Kauffman">
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to be able to experiment and take my time transitioning between
> two different distributions and I'd like to install both on the same
> hard drive. So I'm looking for good documentation on setting up
> partitioning for running two different distributions from the same hard
> Drive. It seems to me this should be possible. The documentation I've
> found seems to suggest that different Hard drives are the way to go.
>
> For example:
> http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/12/23/2033238&from=rss
>

Don - agreed. In fact, when dual booting with WinDoz & *nix/BSD it is
highly suggested you use two separate hard drives.

Yes, you can use one drive partitioned for the two (or more) OSes - but
the best fault redundant solution is to use two separate drives.



--
Timothy "Irish" O'Brien
Previous Publicity & Social activities chairperson
Omaha Linux User's Group (OLUG)
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