At 08:57 PM 9/1/01 +0800, you wrote: > > >I wonder: > >has anyone ever installed two or more different linux distro on a single hard >drive and set lilo to dual/triple/whatever boot? > >You don't need to tell me how to do it just yet: I have some documentation >here that I am gonna read first. > >Actually the only doc I have is an article by a Simon N goodwin without any >web references. A search on google about multilinux or several linux distro >installed on the same box didn't give any result. No how-to, no nothing. Just >this printed article. > >The only documentation is about dos + linux dual boot or Windrowse + linux >dual boot but not linux + linux dual boot (in my case that would be mandrake >as primary OS plus one or both of the two local distro: CLE or Linpus). > >I will read the win+linux dual boot doc anyway: I guess that most of the info >is relevant all the same. > >I wish to be able the compare different distro at the same time, especially >since I don't seem to be able (yet) to properly configure Mandrake so that it >does what I want it to do with Chinese. > >I was thinking that either CLE or Linpus would have better chinese support >all around. I think that TurboLinux might be a good choice if you are looking Chinese language support. >I will read my doc carfully and plan for success. > >Meanwhile I was curious about whether anyone else on the list has attempted >that before. > >Did the installation go smoothly? >How, in practical terms, do you use this setup for? >How do the different distro interact together? >Do you need one /home/user/ for each distro, or can you use the same for all? > > >Thanks for any feedback > (thanks anyway, even if there isn't any feedback :-D ) > > > >Blessings, > > >Anguo > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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