Re: [gentoo-user] installing gentoo (multiple OS)

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

srini srini wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I need some advise here as I am trying to install gentoo along with 
> different other OS'es including windows.
> As I am new to this field I would need some guidance as to ho to go 
> about and to know the subtleties between LILO and GRUB.
>
> Can anyone help me about this.
>
> TIA
> --SR--


Its been a long while since I did this but this was how I did it.  I had 
a common /boot for all OS's, then separate partitions/drives for the 
rest of the OS's.  If you run all the distros with pretty close to the 
same versions of desktop and such, you may can get away with a common 
/home.  If one OS is running KDE3 and another KDE4, then you may run 
into issues.  I'm sure there are other issues you need to look into as 
well.

I used lilo a VERY long time ago.  Once I used grub, I never used lilo 
again.  If the distros you chose is using the new Grub then use the new 
one for them all.  If all use the older one, then use it.  If it is a 
mix of those, then you need to look into ways to get them to all use the 
same or chainload them somehow.  To me, that sounds complicated.  At 
some point, I would pick a distro and stick with it.  No issue with 
folks trying out different ones but why update and hang onto different 
ones when you only need one?  ;-)

If I set up a system with windoze, I always put windoze on the first 
drive, sda, and Linux on the rest.  They could share but I just always 
liked to keep windoze on its own.  I always felt windoze was a virus 
itself.  It might migrate over to Linux somehow.  lol

Dale

:-)  :-)

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