Two linuxlites installs on one hard drive – is it possible?

[Corbin]

    – I'm trying to install linuxlite on one partition for web browsing and the second for testing and learning software. This  includes: wine, windows apps and downloaded .deb packages. The second OS boots up, but the first won’t. After using systemback’s boot repair on the first os, it boots up, but not the second OS.  Don't know if anyone else has had this problem, but would appreciate any ideas you have.
I have installed and learned a lot of apps, customized LL, fixed things when they break, plus have done a lot of cut and paste into the terminal, but stuck on this one. 
This is how it’s gone so far:


What hasn’t worked:  
- using gparted to change one of the os’s uuid number & file system label;
- I’ve used systemback boot repair to change the order of the os’s on the grub menu.

Resources: - Question: What symbol in the LL install wizard will install it to the root partition instead of the mbr? The / symbol is what I use on the first and second installs of LL. (question asked about the following forum page)
“When installing other distros after LL, 
direct their grub boot loader installation to their Root partitions 
instead of the drive's MBR.”         
www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/suggestions-and-feedback/grub-quirk/msg13969/#msg13969

- www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/start-up-and-shutdown/linux-lite-grub-repair-messes-up-entries/
- GRUB 2 bootloader - Full tutorial (https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub-2.html)

Corbin,

[MohamedKhaled]

hi [member=6772]Corbin[/member] welcome to linuxlite (i dont know why we all say this , we sound like robots) anyway,
Nowadays we just got ll v3.8 so everyone on this forum is downloading and setting his version of linuxlite and thats why you havent got any answer till now but even me is too noob to answer such question so i will give you what i know and if it failed you should wait for some days for people toanswer you(iam sorry but why do you need 2 Linuxlite,s we all inclding me used one when we were new),
so what i know is yes you can install two Oses on one device even closer you can install two #Linuxes# on one device so i assume you can install two linuxlites
so the steps are
1-insert the dvd and just install the first as usuall (no tricks here)
2- use gparted and get a 50 gb free space for the 2nd LL
3-insert the dvd and when you are asked choose the first option which will read install linux along windows or along linuxlite (i will try to attach screenshoots once i finigh installing linuxlite.iso
4-choose the 50 gb drive you had and now you should get an option to boot to either those in grub when opening

---Tips---
1- try to divide your space equally between them both , they will help when upgrading
2- try to sign with another name and another pasword .etc on the 2nd linux lite
---Warnings---
1- i dont know what will the grub read when you have 2 of the same linuxlites (they will both be read linux/gnu)so you cant distigush - i succesfuly instaled windows 7 along ll so one reades windows 7and other option reads linux/gnu
2- i feel that this is troubles some for a newbie what about creating 2 accounts in the same linulite os instead

[Corbin]

  - hi MohamedKhaled, Looks like I picked a busy time to start at this forum.
Will try to change the password on the second LL. I don’t remember trying that.
I’ve had mint, peppermint and linuxLite on the same hard drive with no problems.
The second LL is to try .deb installs & things that might break the system.
If I can get 2 LL installed I may try a third one. The more the better (!!!!).

Corbin,

[MohamedKhaled]

If I can get 2 LL installed I may try a third one. The more the better (!!!!).

Corbin,

WOHOO i love this quote
anyway (dude must stop getting carried away)(oops)
so yes what i will tell you is go try yourself
i once tried to know will LL 64 bit work on my 1 gb device (hey it worked)
but it took them almost a week and i didnt got any useful answer so if you are going to ask a question that not everybody have did before (so i have 3 grammer mistakes in one sentence)(a world recorde)(again carried away) i dont think that many people have installed LL 2 or 3 times on one device
and i think that this wont cause harm to your pc if it has an effect (that i think it dont)

[Corbin]

true Quote
(run your writing through different translation sofware and ask someone around you for an opinion, might help.)

[Moltke]

Hi [member=6772]Corbin[/member]

– I'm trying to install linuxlite on one partition for web browsing and the second for testing and learning software. This  includes: wine, windows apps and downloaded .deb packages

I don't mean to discourage you or anything, far from that, but I think you could accomplish what you want by using VMs, I  do that. At the moment I've created several VMs; Linux Lite 3.8, Antergos, Bodhi, CentOS 7, Slackware, MX-Linux 17, SolidX 9, Fedora 27 XFCE and XLDE edition, Puppy Linux, Zorin OS, Redcore Linux, Q4OS, Debian 9, Porteus Kiosk, Kali Linux, Tuxtrans, Linux Mint 18.3 and even a Windows 7 one. I try on this VMs whatever otherwise I won't in my real pc and I suggest that you could do the same. However, you're free to do as you like but you'll probably should  read here first: https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/insta...d-distros/

[Corbin]

  Hi Moltke,
Thanks for the advice on using a vm. For some reason I remember it as a quick way to get to windows. Installing linux distros opens up a whole new avenue for me.
I see the answer to my question is in the “dual booting...” link from 2014. 
I’m considering this problem solved, thanks.


Corbin


Quote: “A day when adversity and expectation were met and defeated by positive vibes and unbridled determination”

[firenice03]

[member=6772]Corbin[/member]
Sorry I read this and never made it back to post...

Can you dual boot 2 LL - yes, yes you can.
But as mentioned another option it to a VM - virtualbox is a perfect for this and is listed in Lite Software.

Depending on your hardware - as the guest runs within the host resources are shared; 2 running simultaneously - can switch back and forth easily or shut guest down when not needed.
Dual boot - 1 OS runs at time have to shut down, mirroring your system for "real" world exact hardware testing - if wanting to check say, new kernels for compatibility on your older hardware a vm wouldn't be 100% same.

VirtualBox is easy to use and no worries for grub..
But dual booting should be fairly straight forward, heres of screen shots of my system, the mini in my sig (low resources)


I have LL 3.8 "/" on sda1 which is also boot..
sda2 is extended with sda5, sda6 and sd7 within.. 5 is "/home" 6 is 'swap" and sda7 is LL3.4 (i believe beta)

Grub on boot: Top Line is LL3.8 and 5th line down is 3.4




GParted:

 


Grub update shows both:

 

[Corbin]

  quote: yes, yes you can

Thanks firenice03 for the response. I seem to have started posting at a very busy time of the year. 


The gparted screenshot looks like the one I saw after my dual install of LL.  It must be my possessor or something with my computer.  I’ll put 2 installs on a faster computer, and use the update grub step to see if that works. If all else fails I’ve got learning to install and maintain a virtual machine on my to-do list.
The grub update screenshot you sent makes sense, but I don’ have the “found background image….linux lite png”

Corbin,

[firenice03]

Something that just came to mind... The 1st install will put its grub onto the boot partition, see the boot flag on sda1 in my gparted screenshot.


For the 2nd install I most likely put grub on the same partition as the 2nd LL, sda7... Then update grub....
Although, this may not be so much of an issue any more