LinuxSA Mailing list archives

  From: Steve Fraser <sfraser@sierra.apana.org.au>
  To  : LinuxSA@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 15:20:56 +0930

Re: Installing Multiple copies of Linux on one machine?

Richard wrote:
>I have a (perhaps misguided) need to install multiple copies of Linux on a
>single machine (along with a copy of Win 9x).
>
>However, they currently boot only one copy of vmlinux (the one on the
>partition where I last ran lilo from).
>
>can anyone think of any other
>problems I am likely to have?
>
I currently have Redhat, Slackware, Win98 and WINNT on one machine.

The two linux's (linii?) each have their own partition on the HD, which they
consider to be "/".
Each crossmounts the others partition something like this:

/dev/hda1 is redhat, also mounts /dev/hda2 as /Slackware
/dev/hda2 is slackware, also mounts /dev/hda1 as /Redhat

Now each has their own /etc/lilo.conf, which points to the right vmlinuz for
each system. That is,
they both have to match and have equivalent corresponding entries. It doesnt
matter where I run
lilo from, the MBR gets a valid entry to boot either system (or the MS
ones).

The reason this works is that the lilo boot process does NOT use the
filesystem as such (I think!).

I havent encountered any particular problems with this setup.

cheers
Steve



-- 
Check out the LinuxSA web pages at http://www.linuxsa.org.au/
To unsubscribe from the LinuxSA list:
  mail linuxsa-request@linuxsa.org.au with "unsubscribe" as the subject