Installing into the same partition is not a simple thing to do. (Need special script to rearrange directory structure and possibly several initrd images I think. This is more complicated than making a distribution. Why bother.)
Everyone usually install each distro to a partition and mount other partitions containing other distros installed on somewhere /mnt or /home. This way, data or configuration are readable. (As Jaye did) I can think of some optimization of disk usage. If /tmp is separate partition and /usr/tmp -> /tmp, this can be shared by all distro. /boot partition content can be rearranged so that all linux share single boot partition provided lilo.conf is re-written manually. Key is use different / partition for each distro. But the way Jaye did is much more strait forward and simple. Good luck hacking. Osamu On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 04:59:08AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Now how did you manage to install FOUR different distros? I tried installing > two (Mandrake + Storm, a debian derivative). While I was able to run stuff > like > Gnome (practically the whole bunch I guess), I ran into module loading > problems. > My Storm installation kept looking for the Mandrake modules. > > How did you keep the different distros from stepping on each other's > filesystems? > > On Wed, 04 Oct 2000, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > > Hello, > > > > In response to a large number of replies, I'll send this via the deb-user > > list instead. > > > > Below are links to great reading and WHY I wasn't able to do what > > I originally tried. I did install 5 OS's tho, and left room for 2 more. > > > > I did run into the 1024 cylinder problem - anoying to say the least. So > > during instals, I used fdisk (from red hat 6.2) and made the following: > > > > hda1 - fat32 (fdisk type c) win98se installed 1500mb > > hda5 - "the EXTENDED partition" = boot for hda12 40mb > > hda6 - boot for hda13 > > 40mb > > hda7 - boot for hda14 > > 40mb > > hda8 - boot for hda15 > > 40mb > > hda9 - boot for hda16 > > 40mb > > hda10 - boot for hda17 40mb > > hda11 - swap file for all my linux installs 64mb > > hda12 - root for first linux ext2 2048mb > > hda13 - root for second linux ext2 2048mb > > hda14 - root for third linux ext2 2048mb > > hda15 - root for forth linux ext2 2048mb > > > > On my forth and last linux install, I asked for lilo to be installed onto > > the > > mbr. This was fully sucessful, and all I had to do was edit that lilo.conf > > and > > add the other 3 linux images. All boot wonderfully, as well as win98se. So I > > have my five OS's all booting via the mbr and all boot sectors are before > > 1024 on this 20GB hard drive. I still have room for 2 more OS's (hda9 & > > hda10). > > > > I'm not sure if I could of done this more effectively. Perhaps used a common > > BOOT partition for all my distro's. But this does work and will allow for > > tweaking each as class progresses. Now if only X was as easy to configure! > > > > IHTH > > > > Thanks to all for the help, best regards > > > > On Tue, 03 Oct 2000, you wrote: > > > > Try reading the partition mini-HOWTO at > > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Partition/index.html > > > > or the large disk HOWTO at > > > > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO.html > > > > > > > > Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Am doing project here loading up many versions of linux. I wish to > > > > use my 20gb hd. All was going well until I reached the 4 primary > > > > partition > > > > mark - and fdisk said no in no uncertain terms and complained that I > > > > should wack a partition and build an extended partion. > > > > > > > > I won't bore the list with details, but I have no good "howtos" on my > > > > deb > > > > box - does anyone know where I can find a good resource on partitioning > > > > drives for say 5 or more OS's? Would like to keep working away on this > > > > as it has been a great learning experience. > > > > > > > > tia - regards > > > > > > > > Please - reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > tatah > > > > > > -- > > > > Jaye Inabnit, ARS ke6sls e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 707-442-6579 h/m 707-441-7096 p > > http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls ICQ# 12741145 > > This mail composed with kmail on kde on X on linux warped by debian > > If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > -- + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + Fingerprint: 814E BD64 3288 40E7 E88E 3D92 C3F8 EA94 D5DE 453D + + === http://www.aokiconsulting.com ======= Cupertino, CA USA === +
