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Managing Multiple Operating Systems HOWTO

Table of Contents

Managing Multiple Operating Systems HOWTO. .........................................................................................1

Robert W. Schultz. ...................................................................................................................................1

1. Introduction. ..........................................................................................................................................1

2. Purpose and goals:. ...............................................................................................................................1

3. Background: . ........................................................................................................................................1

4. System requirements. ...........................................................................................................................1

5. How it works (a scenario):. ...................................................................................................................1

6. The installation:. ...................................................................................................................................1

7. Cost and gotcha's:. ...............................................................................................................................2

1. Introduction. ..........................................................................................................................................2

1.1 Copyright. ..........................................................................................................................................2

1.2 New Versions of this HOWTO. .........................................................................................................2

1.3 Feedback. ...........................................................................................................................................3

2. Purpose and goals:. ...............................................................................................................................3

3. Background: . ........................................................................................................................................4

4. System requirements. ...........................................................................................................................4

5. How it works (a scenario):. ...................................................................................................................5

6. The installation:. ...................................................................................................................................5

6.1 Installing the primary operating system.. ...........................................................................................5

6.2 Installing alternative operating systems. ............................................................................................6

6.3 Final BIOS and LILO configuration. ................................................................................................7

7. Cost and gotcha's:. ...............................................................................................................................8

7.1 Cost:. ..................................................................................................................................................9

7.2 Gotcha's. .............................................................................................................................................9

Managing Multiple Operating Systems HOWTO

Robert W. Schultz

v0.4, 17 Feb 2000

This HOWTO covers the procedures for using removable hard disks to install and manage multiple

alternative operating systems while leaving a single fixed disk to permanently house and protect the primary

operating system. It is very scalable and offers a good degree of protection to and a stable disk environment

for the primary operating system.

1. Introduction

· 1.1 Copyright

1.2 New Versions of this HOWTO

1.3 Feedback

2. Purpose and goals:

3. Background:

4. System requirements:

5. How it works (a scenario):

6. The installation:

6.1 Installing the primary operating system

· 6.2 Installing alternative operating systems

6.3 Final BIOS and LILO configuration:

Managing Multiple Operating Systems HOWTO

Managing Multiple Operating Systems HOWTO

7. Cost and gotcha's:

7.1 Cost:

7.2 Gotcha's

1. Introduction

1.1 Copyright

Please freely copy and distribute (sell or give away) this document in any format. It's requested that

corrections and/or comments be forwarded to the document maintainer. You may create a derivative work

and distribute it provided that you:

1.Send your derivative work (in the most suitable format such as sgml) to the LDP (Linux Documentation

Project) or the like for posting on the Internet. If not the LDP, then let the LDP know where it is available.

2.License the derivative work with this same license or use GPL. Include a copyright notice and at least a

pointer to the license used.

3.Give due credit to previous authors and major contributors.

If you're considering making a derived work other than a translation, it's requested that you discuss your plans

with the current maintainer.

1.2 New Versions of this HOWTO

New versions of the Managing Multiple Operating Systems HOWTO will be available to browse and/or

download at LDP mirror sites. For a list of mirror sites see:

http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/mirrors.html .

Various formats are available. If you only want to quickly check the date of the latest version look at

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/MultiOS−HOWTO.html

and compare it to this version: v0.4, 17 February 2000

7.Cost and gotcha's:

Managing Multiple Operating Systems HOWTO

1.3 Feedback

Please send any questions, comments, or suggestions to mailto:rwschul@smart.net (Robert W.

Schultz) . I am very willing to help others with problems directly relating to this HOWTO and will

entertain any suggestions for changes/modifications and/or improvements. However, having set up my

system to my satisfaction, this HOWTO won't be significantly improved without reader input.

2. Purpose and goals:

The purpose of this HOWTO is to describe a methodology for managing multiple operating systems on a

single computer system. It is intended for Linux users who have a basic familiarity with both Linux and

LILO installations. Nothing here is terribly complex however, considering the amount of time it takes to

install some operating systems it can be relatively time consuming.

It is different from other methods in that it doesn't require multiple operating systems on the boot disk.

Instead it uses a fixed internal disk containing a single primary operating system and a selection of removable

disks with one or more operating systems installed on each of them. If you absolutely have to have two, three,

or four different operating systems on a single disk and are trying to get them to behave with each other, this

HOWTO is not for you.

Its specific goals are:

* − A primary/operational disk that once configured and installed is rarely changed. This includes not having

to repartition or otherwise modify the disk it resides on.

* − Easy selection of multiple alternative operating systems at boot time without having to go through more

than one or two menu selections.

* − No need to modify the BIOS, LILO, or any other configuration to access an O/S once it is installed.

* − Easy addition/removal of operating systems depending on requirements at the moment.

* − Inexpensive and scalable to allow for an increasing number of operating systems and versions as time

goes on.

I think I succeeded admirably in the first three of these requirements. You can form your own opinions on the

last two.

1.3 Feedback

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