Re: Multiboot Server - Is this possible?

From: Pegasus \(MVP\) (I.can_at_fly.com)
Date: 01/08/05 

Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 11:15:57 +1100

"Jason Hunsberger" <systems182@nospam_andersontech.com> wrote in message
news:%23xFfCRQ9EHA.1292@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hello everyone! My company needs to create a server for our lab. After
> some initial tests we've decided that Virtual PC will not meet our
> needs sufficiently. What we are wondering is if we can create a
> multiboot server with three SCSI drives, each drive hosting a different
> OS? We would like to run Windows Server 2000, Server 2003, and Small
> Business Server 2003 on each of the drives. Is this possible and how
> would one deal with the potential MBR issues? Is there an order in
> which the OS's should be installed? What would need to happen if we
> wanted to later put Red Hat on one of the SCSI drives? Thanks for any
> suggestions!

The cleanest way to do this would be with a third-party boot
manager, e.g. XOSL (free!). It would let you install each OS
in its own partition, completely independently from each other
OS.

I recommend you play with XOSL on a workstation until
you're comfortable with it, then load your three server OSs.
Remember to back them up with an imaging tool when
finished!

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