On 11/24/2011 06:07 PM, Chris Tyler wrote: > On Thu, 2011-11-24 at 11:48 -0500, Linux Tyro wrote: >> Hi, >> >> As I have liked Linux (yes, I am windows convert), so with 2 GB RAM >> and 250 GB hard-disk, I am now going to make hard-disk penta boot as >> follows:- >> >> Fedora - 20 GB - installing it, - /root (20 GB) >> openSUSE - 10 GB installing with /root (10 GB) >> Ubuntu - 10 GB installing with /root (10 GB) >> Debian - 10 GB installing with /root (10 GB) >> Mint - 10 GB installing with /root (10 GB) >> >> /home - 190 GB (remaining space) > > Another option would be to have /boot partitions for each OS (small -- > 500 MB max) and do everything else in LVM. This gives you the > flexibility to increase or decrease the size of the various filesystems > easily without repartitioning.
In a similar setup, I use cascaded/chain-loaded grubs. I.e. I have a "master grub" /boot partition, which chainloads indivdual "boot" partitions of other OSes. I.e. my partitioning basically looks like this: /dev/sda1 boot (master grub partition, contains only grub). /dev/sda<N> OS<N>'s /boot /dev/sda<N+1> OS<N>'s swap /dev/sda<N+2> OS<N>'s / /dev/sda<M> OS<M>'s /boot /dev/sda<M+1> OS<M>'s swap /dev/sda<M+2> OS<M>'s / ... Due to the "smartness" of some OSes/Linux distros' installers, setting up this is quite tricky. The advantage of this setup is that it keeps all OS's bootloaders independent and avoids interferences between them. I had used LVN for a long time in this kind of setup, but it has shown to be more of a nuissance than being helpful and meanwhile removed it. Shareing /home only works to some extend, because all OSes/Linux distros carry some amount of incompatibility inside of their "per-user configurations", which may cause problems when switching betwen OSes. Ralf -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
