Re: Three Linux Operating Systems in One Computer (Is it possible?)

Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote:
Hard Disk 1 19.42GiB IDE
/dev/hda1 Extended-3 / 6.11GiB Primary Boot
/dev/hda7 Memory swap 1.10GiB Logical
/dev/hda6 Extended-3 /edubuntu 6.11GiB Logical
/dev/hda5 Extended-3 /redhat 6.11GiB Logical

Hard Disk 2 76.69GiB SATA
/dev/sda1 Windows NTFS /media/sda1 14.75GiB Primary Boot
/dev/sda5 Windows NTFS /media/sda5 16.70GiB Logical
/dev/sda6 Windows NTFS /media/sda6 16.70GiB Logical
/dev/sda7 Windows NTFS /media/sda7 16.70GiB Logical
/dev/sda8 Windows NTFS /media/sda8 11.84GiB Logical

Wht don't you use LVM (Logical Volume Manager) instead of some many
partitions? The advantages of LVM are the following:

As the op is a newcomer to linux and I guess with a busy life I would
not suggest lvm at this stage. I am not an expert although using linux
3 years, and I have a demo pc with xp and about 6 linux distros on it
- about a dozen partitions on a single hd 120GB. Many distros use the
grub boot loader and ubuntu and most others integrate this elegantly
at each install. Ubuntu family all use the *U*buntu kernel I think so
that the grub loader menu indicates also the partition in addition to
just ubuntu for example. All the installs have their own non lvm
partitions, and yes the management might be easier with lvm. I will be
finding out about that when I have the spare weekend I have been
promising myself.......

A lilo based install such as pclinuxos can be chain load booted in the
same menu but I only know how to do that from a suse install which is
a good gui. I do not expect it will be difficult anyway.

As mentioned in other responses, the same swap partition may be used
by all the distros. I have not become aware of any complications.

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