Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot

[Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com>]

On 11/13/2017 09:52 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
> Dan Norton composed on 2017-11-13 21:38 (UTC-0500):
>
> > How do you set up LVM so that install does not clobber one of the
> > siblings? During installation, for partitioning, do you pick "Manual" or
> > "Guided -*" ?
> I don't think I've ever used Debian's, or any Debian derivative's, "guided". I
> can't remember the last time I didn't pick manual, after *fully* preparing in
> advance to my specifications.
>
> Manual will list what partitions and volumes exist, so if you've fully prepared
> logical volumes in advance, all that should need to be done within manual is
> select mount points and mount options for those you wish used. If volumes exist
> but are not formatted, then formatting would be a third selection using manual.

A better description of what I want is "multiboot", instead of "dual 
boot" in this thread. I can see having up to 4 systems installed, all 
Debians, on one disk drive. There is an item in [1] which I see that reads:

  6. Disable LVM support

which is puzzling. Can multiboot be set up within LVM on one disk drive? 
Or, is it necessary to disable  LVM, define multiple logical partitions 
with fdisk or parted for example, install in these partitions, and then 
set up LVM separately on each system?

[1] http://fm.no-ip.com/PC/partitioningindex.html