i want to install 4 Linux distros on a blank HD.
In the past i have installed Ubuntu and Crunchbang behind Vista. Easy peasy.
But it seems that what I want now is a little different and I don't see it.
I had gParted my HD into 4 primarys and one unallocated.
When I install Mint, it wiped all that out.
I guess preparing my HD ahead of time was a waste of time.
But some distros let you put them where you want them.
Not Mint apparently.
I want Mint to be in sda1.
2nd distro on sda2.
3rd on sda3 and 4th on sda4.
Plus I want /home and /swap.
I guess I didn't prepare correctly.
Or am I good and can continue from here,
adding one distro at a time,
particianing as i go???
What steps do I need to take?
Linux since 2004, suse, ubuntu, puppy, crunchbang
Jim1938...
Quad Distro Install
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Quad Distro Install
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Re: Quad Distro Install
this. you can only have 4 primary partitions per hdd or create one or several extended partitions and as many as you need logical partitions inside that extended partitionJim1938 wrote:I had gParted my HD into 4 primarys and one unallocated.
it's up to you really but having the disk partitioned beforehand won't hurtJim1938 wrote:adding one distro at a time,
particianing as i go???
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zerozero@deb-kde ~/Documents $ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA ST3500418AS (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 500GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
2 32.3kB 136GB 136GB primary ext4
3 136GB 493GB 357GB extended boot
5 136GB 284GB 148GB logical ext4
6 284GB 395GB 111GB logical ext4
7 395GB 419GB 24.4GB logical ext4
9 419GB 443GB 23.3GB logical ext4
8 443GB 467GB 24.3GB logical ext4
10 467GB 493GB 26.1GB logical ext4 boot
4 493GB 500GB 6955MB primary linux-swap(v1)