Yes it is possible, however, it can be tricky preventing one installer from
stepping on another OS. In particular Linux and Solaris partitions use the same
number to denote partition type. The way around that is to use fdisk to change
the partition type to DOS or similar, install and then fix the type after the
install has completed.
In OI/Illumos "partition" refers to the DOS MBR partition table. To avoid
confusion, OI/Illumos use the term "slice" to subdivide the Solaris portion of
the MBR "partition".
Unfortunately, MBR limits the usable disk to 2 TB. In principle a GPT/UEFI
label will allow booting multiple OSes. I do not know how well that actually
would work at present. The general documentation is rather skimpy.
Reg
On Monday, May 3, 2021, 09:18:25 AM CDT, Yassine Chaouche
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hello OpenIndiana users,
Is it possible to install OpenIndiana alongside other
OSes on same PC with a single disk ? I don't know if
disk partitions exist in the Unix world or if is sees
the disks differently (I heard of slices instead of
partitions in some OSes)
Feedback appreciated.
-- Yassine.
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