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Re: Building a multiboot system!

From "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1>
Newsgroups comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject Re: Building a multiboot system!
Date 2013-12-21 15:11 +0000
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Message-ID <op.w8f65qtvo4et73@dell3100> (permalink)
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On Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:18:35 -0000, James Harris  
<james.harris.1@gmail.com> wrote:

> "dg1261" <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> wrote in message
> news:XnsA29CACEF5F2A0dgREMOVETHIS1261csco@78.46.70.116...
>
> ...
>
>> Stanley's right.  DOS doesn't need to be the first partition, but  
>> because
>> it uses CHS addressing there are restrictions on where it can be placed
>> on the disk, so it's best to keep it close to the front.
>
> Another point to the OP: If setting up a machine which can boot to many
> partitions it can become immensely frustrating if there is no way to pass
> data between them. So it can be a good idea to have at least one large
> partition near the beginning of the drive that all OSes can access.
>
That's my Data Drive

> ...
>
>> If you don't need direct access to hardware ports on the computer,
>> another alternative to multibooting is virtualization (VirtualPC,
>> VirtualBox, VMWare, et al).
>
> Good advice, IMHO. Mutliboot may sound fun but it can quickly become
> annoying if there is a need to switch OSes too often.
>
> James
>
>


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Building a multiboot system! Patrick Rockwell <prockwell@thegrid.net> - 2013-12-18 20:25 -0800
  Re: Building a multiboot system! JJ <duh@nah.meh> - 2013-12-19 13:01 +0700
    Re: Building a multiboot system! Patrick Rockwell <prockwell@thegrid.net> - 2013-12-19 17:37 -0800
      Re: Building a multiboot system! "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2013-12-20 02:16 -0500
        Re: Building a multiboot system! "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2013-12-20 11:30 +0000
          Re: Building a multiboot system! dg1261 <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> - 2013-12-21 00:59 +0000
            Re: Building a multiboot system! "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-12-21 12:18 +0000
              Re: Building a multiboot system! "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2013-12-21 15:11 +0000
              Re: Building a multiboot system! "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2013-12-21 17:35 -0500
                Re: Building a multiboot system! "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-12-21 23:33 +0000
            Re: Building a multiboot system! "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2013-12-21 14:47 +0000
        Re: Building a multiboot system! Ross Ridge <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> - 2013-12-22 15:31 -0500
  Re: Building a multiboot system! dg1261 <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> - 2013-12-19 11:29 +0000
    Re: Building a multiboot system! Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2013-12-19 08:10 -0800
      Re: Building a multiboot system! Patrick Rockwell <prockwell@thegrid.net> - 2013-12-19 13:37 -0800
      Re: Building a multiboot system! dg1261 <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> - 2013-12-20 06:22 +0000
        Re: Building a multiboot system! "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2013-12-20 02:16 -0500
          Re: Building a multiboot system! "Stanley Daniel de Liver" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2013-12-20 11:15 +0000
          Re: Building a multiboot system! dg1261 <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> - 2013-12-21 00:56 +0000
            Re: Building a multiboot system! "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email@xnohavenotit.cnm> - 2013-12-21 01:51 -0500
              Re: Building a multiboot system! dg1261 <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> - 2013-12-21 08:54 +0000
                Re: Building a multiboot system! "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2013-12-21 12:26 +0000
              Re: Building a multiboot system! Steph <pas.de.mail@serveur.invalid> - 2013-12-21 15:11 +0000
    Re: Building a multiboot system! Patrick Rockwell <prockwell@thegrid.net> - 2014-02-07 14:15 -0800
      Re: Building a multiboot system! dg1261 <dgREMOVE-THIS1261@cs.com> - 2014-02-08 09:41 +0000
  Re: Building a multiboot system! miepbart@gmail.com - 2014-08-17 00:02 -0700

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