On Tue, 26 May 2015 12:23:25 +0800 Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com> wrote: > On 26/05/2015, Stuart Longland <stuartl@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 -- "I'm ionized" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive."
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