Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 15:52:29 +0000 From: Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Best way to make machine multi-boot Message-ID: <52A88A3D.4050309@fjl.co.uk>
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I shall probably regret asking but.... :-) What's the best way to set up an HD to boot multiple operating systems in this day and age? My natural inclination is to go for boot0, but <gasp> I'm prepared to consider the possibility it may not be the best. What I want to do is get a few versions of Linux and *BSD on one drive - for testing purposes. It might be handy to have FreeBSD on there as well, and possibly Windows or Indiana. Normally I use one OS per drive, if I really want to run something else, but in this case I'd need too many drives. So, boot0, lilo - or something else like plop or gag or even Windows XP thing-whatever-its-called? What's the smart money on? I've not done this kind of thing in a very long time and I'm worried about unexpected gotchas with partitions/slices, MBR vs GPT or the PITA OS I install last zapping the whole lot. Yeah, I'm blatantly attempting to learn from other people's mistakes here. Thanks, Frank.
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