Re: Multiboot Server - Is this possible?
From: Jason Hunsberger (systems182_at_nospam_andersontech.com)
Date: 01/11/05
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:18:28 -0600
Thanks for your response, Pegasus. Would GRUB also work or does that
need to be with LINUX only? Also, do you foresee any issues with RAID?
BTW the Ranish site has some interesting links - these will be most
helpful.
Jason
Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
> "Jason Hunsberger" <systems182@nospam_andersontech.com> wrote in message
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>>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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