11-20-2015, 01:53 AM
@firenice
Ever since I began, and after reading recommendations I have always done a: / /home and /swap type set-up's
I have never actually just let it do it's own thing..
@antenor
Yes, I read a lot of things on multi boot, there seems to be pro's and con's to different methods, just looking for least problematic
- Put grub entry in each's OS / root partition, but then I think you need something like "EasyBCD"?
- Just add each OS to the mbr, and let Linux do it's thing, but may need to use repair-grub if OS's not detected.?
I'm also certain my friend is going to ask to also add on Linux Mint,
I got him interested in Linux, he tried Linux Lite, the he found Mint.
So I may be trying a "Triple Boot...
Ever since I began, and after reading recommendations I have always done a: / /home and /swap type set-up's
I have never actually just let it do it's own thing..
@antenor
Yes, I read a lot of things on multi boot, there seems to be pro's and con's to different methods, just looking for least problematic
- Put grub entry in each's OS / root partition, but then I think you need something like "EasyBCD"?
- Just add each OS to the mbr, and let Linux do it's thing, but may need to use repair-grub if OS's not detected.?
I'm also certain my friend is going to ask to also add on Linux Mint,
I got him interested in Linux, he tried Linux Lite, the he found Mint.
So I may be trying a "Triple Boot...
Upgrades WIP 2.6 to 2.8 - (6 X 2.6 to 2.8 completed on: 20/02/16 All O.K )
Linux Lite 3.0 Humming on a ASRock N3070 Mobo ~ btrfs RAID 10 Install on 4 Disks
Computers Early days:
ZX Spectrum(1982) , HP-150 MS-DOS(1983) , Amstrad CPC464(1984) , BBC Micro B+64(1985) , My First PC HP-Vectra(1987)
Linux Lite 3.0 Humming on a ASRock N3070 Mobo ~ btrfs RAID 10 Install on 4 Disks
Computers Early days:
ZX Spectrum(1982) , HP-150 MS-DOS(1983) , Amstrad CPC464(1984) , BBC Micro B+64(1985) , My First PC HP-Vectra(1987)