Multi-system installation Practice (Window/freebsd/linux)

Summary:

Windows server/freebsd/redhat Advanced Server 2.1 is a server, and this article describes the installation of these three systems on a single PC. Starting with the installation plan, and then how to properly partition the hard disk, then install the system, and specifically describe the multiple system boot settings, step-by-Step guide you through the Windows Server/freebsd/redhat Advanced Server 2.1 Installation of multiple operating systems.

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First, the installation plan

This example installs the computer to be configured as: CPU Celeron 1G,128MB memory, 40GB hard disk, top star motherboard, Inteli810 chipset integrated video card and AC97 sound card.

1.1 Data Backup: The original machine is installed with Win98/2000+redhat 7.3 and a large amount of data, using a burning machine to back up data.

1.2 Hard disk Planning: Hard disk is big enough, partition can not be too stingy ^_^! First to the Win2000 system area, that is, C disk, about 4.5GB, primary partition, FAT32 format; Although winnt/2000 can use the FAT32 partition instead of the NTFS format, it is because I have tried several times to not complete a multiple system boot configuration, and I have a multiple system configuration with GRUB , maybe other ways to solve this problem, I do this is to take into account the system maintenance, I have to consider the window 2000 is not stable enough problems. And then give it to FREEBSD4.5G's partition, FreeBSD can only be installed on the primary partition of the disk, can not be installed in the logical partition of the disk, this is to note, because the Win2000 does not recognize the FreeBSD partition, so it is not visible to Win2000, will not be recognized as D disk; the logic of the original disk Partitions are divided into two partitions for storage data, in order to be able to access in three systems, the partition format can only be FAT32/NTFS, partition size is 12G and 12G, the remaining space for Linux system use.

To manage your multiple system start-up, here are three options you can choose from:

1, the use of Linux boot Manager Linux loader that is the Grub/lilo control boot, the recommended use of grub;

2, use winnt/2000 Boot manager boot loader to control the boot;

3, use the FreeBSD boot manager bootmgr

4, using a Third-party multiple system Boot Manager, System command or divisional magician Partition Magic Boot manager.

This example uses GRUB.

Second, hard disk partition

In order to complete our established tasks, we'd better choose the easy to operate zoning tools, such as Division magician Partition Magic that PM8 also someone called it PQ8, began:

Remove the original C and D partitions of the hard disk and repartition them as follows:

(The gray area is the primary partition space, the light blue green part is the space of the extended partition)

C: Primary partition FAT32 about 4.5GB primary partition is about 4.5GB partition format for unkown, wait until FreeBSD is installed using its own tool partition.

* Extended partition----about 31GB original disk already there, don't do it now

D: Logical partition FAT32 about 12GB

E: Logical partition FAT32 about 12GB

*: Logical partition Unkown approx 7GB wait until Linux is installed using its own tool partition

With the PQ8 division, the format of the work left to the system installation, you know the operation of the whole.