Subj : Re: XP, Redhat, Xandros, FreeBSD on one machine?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Jonas
Date : Thu Jul 15 2004 04:07 pm

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:37:51 -0700, Vikram wrote:

> hi,
> 
> well here is a strange setup that i wanna do on my machine. i would
> like to setup windows xp, redhat linux 9, xandros debian linux and
> freebsd 5.0 on my machine. i have a 40 gb harddisk. how should i
> partition my harddisk and how should i configure the bootloader.
> help !
> 
> vicky

Windows XP is like 2 gigabytes default.
Redhat is equal with Xandros -> 1.5-2 Gigabyte (not sure in these days)
Debian i a little smaller 1-1.5 Gigabyte and Freebsd is somewhat like 1
gigabyte to. Then there's the swapfile on 500 meg. But here's a sample.
Always start with installing Windows. Fix the bootloader when every
operatingsystem is up and _running_. Boot with Knoppix or similar to
chroot to the hda7 and mount -a to configure the bootloader _after_ all
system is installed. (this is a bit tricky, read the documenation, there's
a howto in some linux doc database i've read years ago).

Hda1 Windows Xp 3 Gigabytes
Hda2
Split in to Hda5, 6, 7, 8 etc (logical)
Hda5 3 Gig Xandros
Hda6 3 Gig Redhat
Hda7 2 Gig Debian
Hda8 0.5 Gig Swapfile
Hda3 2.5 Gig Freebsd (ad0s1a-e)
Hda4 Rest for common files in likely Ext2/3 filesystem.

Configure the bootloader (like lilo would be my recommendation) from
Debian. Targeting Kernel and root for each linux operating system and
target Other for the Freebsd and Windows operating system.

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