Bootin 4 OS'es?

[elmo]

Jonathan Dlouhy wrote:
> I'm booting six Os'es, Windows XP and five Linux distros. It's pretty 
> simple. Once you install the first Linux and set up Grub it's a simple 
> matter of editing the menu.lst file in the /boot/grub directory of the 
> first Linux and adding the others. Just make sure you don't let the 
> subsequent Linux installs install a new Grub. In my experience that has 
> worked best.
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Some time ago, I had Windows plus 7 different linuxes installed and as 
each one was being installed, I set up its grub so the latest linux's 
grub would include the previously installed linuxes
.  The final linux's grub became the operative grub that could boot 
Windows or any of the linuxes.

I don't agree with "make sure you don't let the subsequent Linux 
installs install a new Grub. In my experience that has worked best."  
(How  can  you  run  the latest and previous  installs to check them?)

Each subsequent installed GRUB will include all the previously installed 
Linuxes.  Play safe and install GRUB with at least the final install. It 
will contain all the previously installed Linuxes. Otherwise,  editing 
the final install's grub to include the previous installs can be quite a 
chore.  Personally, I'd include GRUB with each install.  This way you'll 
be able to check each install as they're installed.
If you install GRUB with each subsequent install, you don't have to do 
any editing.

elmo

> Cheers,
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> Jonathan Dlouhy
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> stan wrote:
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>> I'd like to set my laptop up to boot 4 different OS'es. Those would be
>> Ubuntu, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and XP. Can anyone suggest a way to do this?
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