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Re: dual boot (multi-boot) (was: Help Installing a Dual...)



Michael Fothergill composed on 2017-01-22 14:08 (UTC):

I run a dual boot system with debian, gentoo and windows 10 on
different partitions.

Dual means "two":

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dual

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dual

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/dual?s=t
1.of, relating to, or noting two.
2.composed or consisting of two people, items, parts, etc., together; twofold; double:
dual ownership; dual controls on a plane.
3.having a twofold, or double, character or nature.
4.Grammar. being or pertaining to a member of the category of number, as in Old English, Old Russian, or Arabic, that denotes two of the things in question.
...

As you have three installed operating systems, you do have a multi-boot system, as well as a triple boot system. Those with dual boot, quadruple boot, quintuple boot, etc. systems also have multi-boot systems. Multi-boot means more than one installed operating system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-booting
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