[GRLUG] 64 bit Linux and CPUs

[rh90p at comcast.net]

I was sharing the /home and swap between the roots.  Maybe that is where I went wrong.

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Alan J Abma <ajabma at chartermi.net>
> I would assume there would be 3 /home, 3 /, and 3 swap partitions on the 
> machine. Both Grub and Lilo "should" be able to handle that, not?
> As long as I keep track of where all the /boots are and what files are called.
> The respective fstabs could give access to the other /homes, calling then by 
> different names for each OS, or am I wrong. 
> I'm starting to wonder, as I am an eternal newbie, if this would be biting off 
> more than I can chew.
> I'm not going to try to install any Microsoft stuff on the machine.
> 			Alan
> 
> On Sunday 07 September 2008 10:24 pm, rh90p at comcast.net wrote:
> > I tried that a while back and couldn't get it to go.  I did get Windows,
> > FreeBSD, and Linux working at the same time (do a manual partiton and
> > install in that order). There was a special hack to the grub to get it to
> > go but I can't remember how that went - I figured it out without too much
> > difficulty by reading either the FreeBSD docs or the grub docs.
> >
> > It seems like you should be able to install another Linux to a second /
> > partition and manually edit the grub config but for some reason I couldn't
> > get it to work.  I was trying Fedora and SuSE.  I ended up used separate
> > disks in removable enclosures to get it done.
> >
> >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: Luan Pham <luan_lx at charter.net>
> >
> > > On Sun, 2008-09-07 at 04:28 -0400, Alan J Abma wrote:
> > > > Can I dual boot a 64 bit Linux OS and a 32 bit linux OS on the same
> > > > machine?
> > >
> > > I think you can if you partition it with third party software like
> > > Partition Magic.
> > >
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