[SC.LUG] Dual Boot Machines

[Neil Lucock]

On Thursday 10 Jan 1980 7:10 pm, Matthew Tolley wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
>
> Another question for you -
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> I've seen dual-boot machines where LILO gives you the option of booting
> Windows or Linux, for example.
>
> Would it be possible to run a dual-boot with two different versions of
> Linux, or even a tri-boot machine with, say, Mandrake Linux, Lindows and
> Red Hat??

LILO sniffs around your hard drive and shows you what it has found. Grub do=
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the same (although I had to write the configuration to get it to boot a Win=
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2K partition myself. It's not difficult.)=20
Why would you want to run different versions of Linux on one machine? Is it=
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just to have a look at each one? Cheep Linux does a deal where they sell yo=
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a package with different distributions (Mandrake, "Pink Tie" =3D Red Hat,=20
Debian and a few other bits so you can find out what you prefer. Costs abou=
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=A330, but it's cheaper than buying each set on its own.=20
I've used Mandrake for a few years, but the latest Red Hat (Shrike) is wort=
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having (but it didn't configure the mouse and dumped me in KDE mouseless. B=
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prepared to tinker to get it right). I've not used Lindows.
Neil