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Multi-Boot
#1
Posted 30 December 2006 - 08:48 AM
XP 32
XP 64
Vista RC2 32
Vista RC1 64 (i don't have the RC2 iso of it)
I just installed those on my new Seagate 320gb drive.
Now i want to install SuSE 10.2 64, Kubuntu 64, Xubuntu 64 on my WD 80gb drive. Wow, what a list of OS's huh?
My Partition are set up for:
20gb for XP 32
44gb for XP 64
45gb for Vista 32
45gb for Vista 64
148gb for a "Personal" data storage drive
I'm going to let the linux installers auto configure my linux OS's since i am not too keen on the workings for the needs of them.
Oh, i also turned my old EIDE WD 250gb hdd into a external hdd using a Vantec NexStar 3 metallic glossy red enclosure. I runs great and looks good as well. w00t!
Wish me luck on the install of the linux OS's. I am going to install Xubuntu first, then follow with Kubuntu and finish with SuSE 10.2 (i am still downloading SuSE and Xubuntu right now). I hope i can get it all to work out.
#2
Posted 30 December 2006 - 05:04 PM
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#3
Posted 30 December 2006 - 05:07 PM
#4
Posted 30 December 2006 - 10:21 PM
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Might be an idea for me.... Xubuntu (overwrite with Enlightenment), another try at Gentoo, Suse, and some other one... like... erm... gimme a good one! (not Vista.... except if you have an 64bit version for me for free
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And give them all the same /home partition
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#5
Posted 30 December 2006 - 10:22 PM
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#6
Posted 11 January 2007 - 07:41 AM
Well, ummm....kind f--ked it all up.
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Now i am going to reinstall all my Windows OS's on my Seagate 320gb hdd...then i will install all my Linux distros on my Western Digital 80gb hdd. Oh, and i will be doing keeping them blind from each drive (install all Windows with my 80gb drive not hooked up). Then i will do the same for all 3-5 linux distros (i want Mandrake and Fedora now too) by keeping them blind to my other hdd while installing. Then once i get everything done right, all i have to do when i boot up is change my boot hdd in my bios and i'm set. Then i won't have to worry about what happens when i mess something up with Linux (which i will do a lot of). It will just mess up that boot hdd, not my other. Can you see my vision?
Oh, i wonder if Sun has a free distro as well?
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#7
Posted 11 January 2007 - 08:02 AM
Christopholofigus, on Jan 11 2007, 01:41 AM, said:
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If you want to make things really interesting, I can name a few other lesser-known free OSes you can try to install. (I like to mess around with alternative OSes in virtual machines...)
Off the top of my head:
Syllable
Haiku
Darwin
Menuet
GNU/Hurd
Minix
ReactOS
FreeDOS
FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD, DesktopBSD, PC-BSD
If you can get all those to boot with Grub on real hardware, you'll be an instant geek legend.
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Let me know if you need any more and I'll tell you some more obscure ones.
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#8
Posted 11 January 2007 - 11:34 AM
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I am thinking of changing my multi-boot on my main rig to:
Windows XP MCE (32-bit)*
Windows Server R2 (64-bit)
Windows Vista (64-bit)
Kubuntu 6.06 (64-bit)
* Just to handle some stuff not supported on x64
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My second rig multi-boot :
Windows XP (32-bit)
Windows Vista (32-bit)
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#9
Posted 11 January 2007 - 03:32 PM
#10
Posted 11 January 2007 - 04:19 PM
There's much difference between OS'ses, even in the Linux world, distro's differ and have it's pro's and con's
so... having at least 10 installed is just handy!
#11
Posted 11 January 2007 - 10:00 PM
#12
Posted 11 January 2007 - 10:04 PM
BlueScreenOfDeath, on Jan 11 2007, 04:00 PM, said:
#13
Posted 12 January 2007 - 04:46 AM
geez, no kidding. I built my machine with vista 64 in mind and never made the grade.
Good goin'
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#14
Posted 12 January 2007 - 12:47 PM
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Im likely gonna get Server 64 Longhorn goin as soon as theres a 64 bit compatible Partition Manager app like PM.
Oh yes ! Longhorn Server Beta 3 is close and will be public...... i might include it in my multi-boot too...
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..........PM should work with XP x64
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~update: 14/Jan/2007 ~
getting there...
Rig #1:
Windows Server R2 (64-bit) - Installed
Windows Vista RTM (64-bit) - Installed
Windows XP MCE (32-bit) - to be done
Kubuntu 6.06 LTS (64-bit) - Installed
Rig #2:
Windows Vista RTM (32-bit) - Installed
Windows XP Professional (32-bit) - Installed
#15
Posted 13 January 2007 - 08:48 AM
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