Multi Multi Partitions, Started with Dual Boot

lanane · 08-11-2015, 04:06 AM

O.K. I started with Dual boot, Windows and Ubuntu.

However many commands from the manual I downloaded here don't work. I think they are more geared towards Apache or Red Hat ... I believe those are the two most common web based servers. Correct me if I am wrong.

Ultimately I want to, if possible, point a domain towards my home PC. Just for the fun of it. If I can't that's fine too .. I just want to learn more flavors and NOT on Live CD's .. Like Kali which removes all progress as soon as you remove the USB stick. Plus my USB stick is only 16 GB.

So, my question is can I install a 3rd, or even 4th OS on this computer, maybe using GRUB ? Right now I still have 500 GB set aside for Windows. To be honest I am enjoying Linux much more but I want to keep Windows in case. Even if I whittle it down to 100 GB.

One other thing that confuses me is when I run df, I get the following ...

Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 47930248 6504680 38967764 15% /
none 4 0 4 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
udev 1707276 12 1707264 1% /dev
tmpfs 343596 1212 342384 1% /run
none 5120 0 5120 0% /run/lock
none 1717964 45584 1672380 3% /run/shm
none 102400 68 102332 1% /run/user
/dev/sda2 98304 29238 69066 30% /boot/efi
/dev/sda6 153665572 902960 144933724 1% /home
/dev/sda4 512215036 103573724 408641312 21% /media/ryan/8E3E61363E61188B

/dev/sda5 - Partition for Ubuntu OS - 50 Gigs

/dev/sda2 - Swap Partition

/dev/sda6 - 150 Gigs set aside for File Storage on Ubuntu

/dev/sda4 - Looks like Windows Partition, why does it show up as
/dev/sda4 ? I thought they had different File Standards. IE, one is NTFS and unix is another - not sure which file structure yet. Still a beginner. But I didn't thing it would show as a partition in Ubuntu ...

Sorry the post is so long, I'm trying to learn but got hung up on this stuff.

lanane · 08-11-2015, 04:22 AM

BTW I don't want to virtualize although I have in the past.

I want all system resources going to the OS. Not windows eating up half the CPU and RAM..

syg00 · 08-11-2015, 04:26 AM

If you are new to Ubuntu, start here. Go FAQ first, then wander about the site - it has a bunch of guides on everything Ubuntu.
To run a lot of "authorised" commands on Ubuntu, you have to use "sudo" - read that guide in the FAQ before you do anything else. Run the following commands and post all the output - use [code] ... [/code] tags to retain the layout so we can read it.

Code:

df -hT     don't worry about this one
sudo parted /dev/sda "print free"
lsblk -f -o+SIZE

To answer your question, yes you can have multiple distros installed concurrently, but needs some management. Partitions layout is common - it is the filesystem that is different; NTFS for Windows, ext4 or XFS or whatever for Linux.

lanane · 08-11-2015, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syg00

If you are new to Ubuntu, start here. Go FAQ first, then wander about the site - it has a bunch of guides on everything Ubuntu.
To run a lot of "authorised" commands on Ubuntu, you have to use "sudo" - read that guide in the FAQ before you do anything else. Run the following commands and post all the output - use [code] ... [/code] tags to retain the layout so we can read it.

Code:

df -hT     don't worry about this one
sudo parted /dev/sda "print free"
lsblk -f -o+SIZE

To answer your question, yes you can have multiple distros installed concurrently, but needs some management. Partitions layout is common - it is the filesystem that is different; NTFS for Windows, ext4 or XFS or whatever for Linux.

O.K. I will check that out, I downloaded the E-Book Introduction to Linux from one of the emails sent by the administrators here. I think it was a sponsored link but the book was free (200 pages). I just assumed all that basic info was included. I'll start reading the linked section ASAP. Thank You.

yancek · 08-11-2015, 07:36 AM

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However many commands from the manual I downloaded here don't work.

I'm not sure what manual you are referring to. There are over 500 different Linux distributions and there are many individual commands which work on some systems and not on others. Particularly with package management and installation of software. When you are looking for instructions on a particular system, try to stick to suggestions for that particular OS and look for dates. Many of the major distributions have their own forums and sites which are usually best for advice.

Quote:

I think they are more geared towards Apache or Red Hat ... I believe those are the two most common web based servers. Correct me if I am wrong.

Right about Apache, it has been the most commonly used web server for over 15 years. Wrong about Red Hat, it is a Linux operating system but it is mostly used with servers but not limited to web servers.

Quote:

Like Kali which removes all progress as soon as you remove the USB stick. Plus my USB stick is only 16 GB.

I'm not really sure what you mean here. If you put Kali on a flash drive as a Live CD then it is a read-only system as are all Live CDs and any changes you make will be lost on reboot. It's the way they were meant to be used. If you want to save data, you need persistence added or an actual install to a hard drive, internal or external.

The number of Linux operating systems you can install is limited only by your knowledge of bootloaders, the time you want to spend on it and the size of the drive or drives. See the link below:

http://forums.justlinux.com/printthr...t=147959&pp=15

Windows partitions will show up in Linux and with most you should be able to read/write to them from Linux. Some will require you manually mount these partitions, other systems will not.

jpollard · 08-11-2015, 10:14 AM

Just a note - but sda2 is not swap. I believe it is your boot partition on an efi based system.

I'm basing that on your df entry: "/dev/sda2 98304 29238 69066 30 /boot/efi"