[Novalug] reverse linux question -- GRUB or LILO installed?

Joel Fouse joel@fouse.net
Sun May 6 15:31:44 EDT 2007


I used to dual-boot, but for the past several years I've just used
VMware for the occasional times I needed that other OS (almost always
for work).  Granted, work pays for the license; otherwise I probably
wouldn't even bother.

- Joel

On Sat, 2007-05-05 at 21:49 -0400, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:

> Not me. Every disk I used is a triskadeca-boot system. Linux gives you 
> 15 partitions, minus one extended and one for swap leaves you with 13 
> bootable partitions. Hmmm, maybe only 12, as a FAT32 partition is needed 
> as a data shuttle (hmmm, maybe not...a USB Flash drive will do) between 
> them.
> 
> There are hundreds of Linux, BSD, Solaris, and even Windows. Try them all!
> 
> JIM
> 
> P.S. But you are correct. Most of the time we do run the same OS. Still, 
> variety is the spice of life, and at least I stand the chance of 
> switching every so often. And the more you design your system so that 
> you CAN switch, the easier it becomes.
> 
> P.P.S. I also have two disks in all my systems.
> 
> Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> > Paul D. Bain wrote:
> >>> A painful question, but one for which I have no answer. I have
> >>> seen the thread about dual-boot, and ignored it.
> >>>     
> >>
> >>     I gave up on dual-boots years ago. Too much trouble for too 
> >> little gain. I sometimes instead put two HDD's in a single machine, 
> >> one HDD each for XP and Linux.
> >>   
> >
> > This has come up before and I agree with this.  Any time someone has a 
> > dual boot system, they use one of the systems at least 90% of the 
> > time.  I would recommend just deciding which one you really want to use.
> >
> 
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