On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:02:13PM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 09:56:21AM -0500, "Loeghmon T. Nejad" <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > I am learning Debian and I was wondering if it possible to install two > > instances of Debian on the same machine. One as the production > > workstation for the daily work, and the other for experimentation, > > testing software, add/remove apps, etc. I can then boot into the > > partition that I like based on the task at hand. Thanks. > > If you're running stable, and you don't need any special kernel > drivers, you might want to take a look at xen for this sort of thing. I > had a xen system running here for a while with great success (I ended up > wanting to run some 3d software, and xen isn't compatible with the > NVidia drivers, sadly). Xen is a little tricky to get set up, but it's > great to not have to reboot the computer to switch systems, and to be > able to reallocate space without having to resize partitions. >
For two instances of the same kernel, why not just use a chroot with users using schroot -pc ? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
