[wplug] Booting 5 OSes? Is this possible?

[Matthew White]

Windows will not boot from a logical partition if I remember correctly.  So
you need to put the three Windows partitions as primary, but Linux shouldn't
have an issue being in a logical partition, so be advised of that.  There
are hacks around it, but it's probably best just to let it be.  Otherwise, I
can't think of a reason it wouldn't work.  Vista, XP, and 98 should all
cohabitate, and so should Ubuntu and Debian.  I would probably install 98,
then XP, then Vista, then do the Linux in whatever order you want.  That way
each progressive OS recognizes the one before it as extant.

Matt White

-----Original Message-----
From: wplug-bounces+mgw854=msn.com at wplug.org
[mailto:wplug-bounces+mgw854=msn.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of Zachary Uram
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 11:34 PM
To: General user list
Subject: [wplug] Booting 5 OSes? Is this possible?

I wish to setup on the same hard disk (500GB):

Ubuntu 9.04 (64 bit)
Debian 5.01 (64 bit)
MS Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit)
MS Windows 98 (32 bit)
MS Windows XP (32 bit)

I want to allocate 50GB for each.

1) Is this possible?
2) How do I setup grub (or lilo) to do this?
3) What order do I install each?
4) How should I handle setting up the partitions?
5) Any special tips?

Zach
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