Best Way to Multi-Boot?

[Stephen]

well depending on what drives you are using for OS you can dual-boot
with both OS's on the same drive then use the remaining drives for
data. but my preference is to give windows its own drive and a
"untouched" boot-sector just in case i do something silly to grub. and
then put the Linux drive and grub on its own as well. then use a singe
drive for data between the two.

this has proven the most stable combination for me.



On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 3:12 AM, Mike Hoy <mhoy09 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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Stephen