multiple distro installation

jimbrechin · 01-22-2011, 01:37 PM

Hi All

I am trying to intall multiple distros on an external drive. This drive has no windows installed and I want it solely for Linux use.
When installing the distros from live disks, each time it comes to selecting the partition to install to, I am asked for a mount point. I have used \ in the first installation but this cannot be used again.
I think my problem may be partitioning but cannot figure this out.
Any help would be appreciated.

Jim

repo · 01-22-2011, 01:41 PM

You need to create a partition for every distro you want to install,
and install every distro on his own partition.
You can use gparted to create them.
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
You could however use a virtual machine, to run as many distro's as you want in 1 distro.
http://www.virtualbox.org/

Kind regards

jimbrechin · 01-22-2011, 02:14 PM

Hi Repo
Thanks for the quick reply.
I am using a separate partition for each distro. sdb5 to 9 at 12 gig each plus sdb10 as a 4 gig swap partition. I installed pinguy linux on sda5 with mount point \ but when I try to install pclinuxos on sd6 it asks for a mount point and since there is a partition with \ already, I cannot use it.

Jim

repo · 01-22-2011, 02:17 PM

Since it's a different partition, and a different distro, you can use / for every distro you install.

Kind regards

Larry Webb · 01-22-2011, 02:23 PM

Each distro can use the same swap partition.