On 04/04/2015, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > Quoting Andrew M.A. Cater (amaca...@galactic.demon.co.uk): >> On Sat, Apr 04, 2015 at 01:51:15AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >> > Do Debian 7 and Debian 8 (when it is to be released), and a bootloader >> > such as GRUB, allow yet, for more than one version of Debian, to be >> > installed on a system, and, to be selectable options for the >> > bootloader? >> >> Should do: it would probably be a good idea to install Debian 7 first on >> the first half of the disk, using the expert install, and then to install >> Debian 8 separately on the second half of the disk. >> >> I'd be happy to attempt to do this to check for you, if requested. > > No need to check; yes, this is routine. But I would refine that > suggestion slightly. On my own disks I create four primary partitions, > for two versions of Debian (each in between 20 and 32GB), a swap and > the rest as /home. (Many other people are now using logical volume > managers and suchlike.) > > Typically I will have a stable and a testing, partly for new features > of important (to me) software (like lilypond), but also so that I can > learn about the new features while early adopters are interested in/ > discussing them. > > Grub also manages the (almost unused) windows disks that a couple of > my computers contain. > > Cheers, > David. >
It would be on a UEFI/GPT system, so the primary partitions are redundant. With Linux, I generally have a / partition, a /swap partition, a /home partition, and data partitions, with the swap partition being shared between the Linux installations; as they are not running concurrently, I do not see a problem with the /swap partition being shared between them. On a UEFI system that does not allow the Dual system, and, does not allow for the Secure Boot option to be turned off within UEFI, I have to choose either UEFI or Legacy, and the Win 8 is booted via UEFI, and the Linux systems are booted via the Legacy option. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8mndlubdnpnufiqqfndmafmjejq+dgdakvugegi22+...@mail.gmail.com
