How to Install and Boot 145 Operating Systems in One PC


	How to Install and Boot 145 Operating Systems in One PC

Djiezes

9-16-2007 5:35 AM

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computers, boot, grub, linux, windows, howto, partition, os, operating system

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9-17-2007 10:34 PM

skwirlinator

Why, Would you want to?

9-18-2007 11:03 AM

Djiezes

For testing purposes ...
Out of curiosity ...
To see of it's possible ...
To make oneself interesting and adored in the justlinux forums ...
And several other reasons

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The 145 systems are:-</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=147959">put one operating system in one partition.  As an extended partition of each hard disk has no storage of its own, one data-only partition is needed for my personal data, another data-only partition to house the common boot loader and one Swap partition is needed for all the Linux I ended up losing 7 partitions leaving 145 partitions to house the 145 operating systems.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=147959">use this Grub to boot up the boot loader of any of the 145 systems</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=147959"><BR /><DIV>
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