Best Way to Multi-Boot?

[Mike Hoy]

. not a bad unit for fresh built 4 years ago.

Definitely a nice system. I bet it cost a pretty penny 4 years ago,
even now it seems expensive!
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> -Eric
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> On Dec 6, 2010, at 3:12 AM, Mike Hoy wrote:
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>> I need to run Windows and Linux. It has been this way for years. I am
>> getting fed up with it to be honest. But this isn't just about going
>> between win and nix. I also am compelled to run at least two different
>> distro's.
>>
>> My solution was to do this:
>>
>> HDD1: Ubuntu (for web dev and basically everything I need to get done)
>> HDD2: Windows
>> HDD3: Storage (for all backups between both 1 and 2 and all multimedia)
>>
>> There is a 4th hard drive but it has failed so I will leave that out.
>> It was running Gentoo up until it's demise.
>>
>> No matter what since I've owned a computer I find myself constantly
>> reinstalling operating systems. It has gone down over the years but
>> it's still like 3 times a year or so.
>>
>> Recently I went from 9.10 to 10.10 and that caused problems so now I'm
>> going to have to go back to 9.10 not the end of the world but it's
>> getting old as am I.
>>
>> Anyone have the ultimate solution for how to manage this? Are you in a
>> similar situation? What have you done to fix this problem.
>>
>> Another problem is disk space. I have 2 500 gig drives (plenty for OS)
>> but my storage drive can never be big enough. I keep all my client's
>> data on it because I feel the need to have backups of everything for
>> those CYA moments. They do come up.
>>
>> I find myself in awe of motherboards with more than 4 SATA ports. That
>> way I can have 8 hard drives! I could run 6 operating systems and 1
>> storage in RAID config! I'm only somewhat joking there.
>>
>> Another question has anyone done any development on chromium OS? Maybe
>> that belongs in the dev list.
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