Re: Multiple harddisks in one pc



Hi Trevor,,

"Trevor Hemsley" <Trevor.Hemsley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:32:56 UTC in comp.periphs.scsi, Markus R. Keler
<dimke.fax@xxxxxx> wrote:

I'd like to test different operating systems but do not have the space
for one machine per os.

This is what things like VMWare, VirtualBox and Xen are for! If you have a
relatively recent processor with virtualization extensions built in then you can
probably run all the o/s'es you want as virtual machines.

thanks for your hint. In the lab in our company we're using VMWare,
but on my own servers I prefer to have the chance to do a _real_
reboot and so on. This is why I also don't like solutions like lilo or
grub - the machines should restart properly the chosen os without user
interaction when the right os once has been selected.

Best regards,

Markus

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