Dual boot RHEL 64 bit and RHEL 32 bit?

CelticBlues · 03-28-2011, 04:04 PM

I have a machine that has RHEL 64 bit installed. I want to install RHEL 32 as well and dual boot between the two. Is this possible? Difficult? Are the steps the same as if I were installing RHEL over windows for dual boot?

Thx
CB

acid_kewpie · 03-28-2011, 04:11 PM

you can do this, sure, there's nothing specifically "interesting" about it at all to be honest. The installer should handle it all in it's stride.

heavymetalpt · 03-28-2011, 04:56 PM

Yes you can do it but ... what's the point? : ) You can use KVM or virtualbox or another software to install RHEL32 as a virtual machine.

chrism01 · 03-30-2011, 12:34 AM

Also depends on exactly why you want to do this. RHEL is a 'multi-lib' distro ie the 64bit version includes 32 bit libs and will run either/both types of program easily.
Of course if you actually need a 32bit kernel, then dual boot is an option.