On 26/05/2015, Petter Adsen <pet...@synth.no> wrote: > On Tue, 26 May 2015 12:23:25 +0800 > Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 26/05/2015, Stuart Longland <stua...@longlandclan.yi.org> wrote: >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> > Hash: SHA512 >> > >> > On 24/05/15 19:03, Petter Adsen wrote: >> >> If both Wheezy and Trusty are installed in legacy mode the >> >> bootloader should see all of them. Dependent on your needs, an >> >> easier way might be to just spin up a VM or three with the systems >> >> you use the least. KVM is a wonderful thing. >> > >> > Better yet, for some of these is LXC. I run several instances of >> > Debian managed by libvirt on a Gentoo host, with much less overheads >> > than you get from a VM. >> > >> > apt-get install virt-manager bridge-utils libvirt-bin lxc >> > debootstrap >> > >> > will probably get you started. Use debootstrap to create the >> > Debian/Ubuntu instances, creating the root filesystems in >> > /var/lib/libvirt/images, then use virt-manager to set them up in >> > LXC. >> > >> > https://wiki.debian.org/LXC >> > - -- >> > Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) >> > >> > I haven't lost my mind... >> > ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere. >> >> >> I should probably have been more explicit, in my stating of the >> question. >> >> What I wanted to know, was, given that, in Legacy mode, with GRUB, >> both Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Debian 7, are installed on the particular >> computer, and, I can select to boot either one of those, can I simply >> also install Debian 6 LTS on that system, to have it concurrently >> installed with Debian 7, and, to be able, using GRUB, to select to >> boot into one of those operating systems (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Debian 7, >> or, Debian 6 LTS), without any interference from the installations of >> the other operating systems? > > Bret, I answered that above. > > "If both Wheezy and Trusty are installed in legacy mode the bootloader > should see all of them." > > That means "yes, you can". > >> It has taken me about 18 months, to get Debian 7 installed and >> running, in the state that it now can be run, and so I want to be able >> to get Debian 6 LTS, installed and running, "with a minimum of fuss". > > This should not be a problem, if you have available space on the drive. > > Petter >
Yes, you had indicated that it should work, but then, others, like shown in the post above, apparently indicated that to install and run Debian 6 LTS on a computer that already had Debian 7 installed, required the use of virtiual machines, and I have no experience in the installation, administration, and use, combination, regarding virtual machines. Many years ago (about 20-25, I think), I used something with a name like CP/CMS, or, CM/CMS (from memory), that was, I think, a multi-user virtual machine, running on a mainframe computer that simultaneously ran (although I did not use it) multi-user CICS/COBOL, but I have no experience other than what I had then, as a user, relating to virtual machines, so the suggested, apparently required, installation and administration and use of virtual machines, in order to install and use Debian 6LTS, on a computer that had Debian 7 already installed, appeared too complicated for me. -- 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/cacx6j8md9_twx+qo1e1pcxnh136t4u0+wm_ikvxhw1rmfxx...@mail.gmail.com
