i'm installing 8 operatin system??

[vish786]

hi guys i recently bought 160gb sata disk(i already hav a old sata drive 80gb with winxp installed)......

so i'm thinking of installin

ubuntu
mandriva
opensuse
fedora core
debain
solaris
slackware
knoppix

all this on new hdd disk with 10 gb of space for each OS and a swap file of 1gb(as i hav 512mb ram)... i am using GRUB as my bootloader(hoping tat will work).... after working for few months i will select the OS which is better among others and delete the rest OS....
wat do u think guys... is this a good idea... wat is ur suggestion???? plz reply fast

 

[gauravakaasid]

 

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

me too deca-booted after i got my new 250GB HDD 6 months back

 

[vish786]

me too deca-booted after i got my new 250GB HDD

which all did u install and finally which one u opted.... i would like to know

 

[mediator]

U guys got a lotta time to fiddle around with distros. Instead of trying all linuxes, try PC-BSD,freebsd etc.

 

[kumarmohit]

Shocked 8 times
The last Shock is seperated coz u wanna install Knoppix, a rather rare venture.

 

[vish786]

Shocked 8 times

comeon guys stop making fun... and tell me wat should i do is it a good idea... i mean will it work or not

 

[khattam_]

Would u run each of 'em??

Trust me, you will regret...

 

[vish786]

Would u run each of 'em??

Trust me, you will regret...

if i am installing obviously i will run them.... will keep for few months and after testin i will delete.. simple

 

[amitava82]

why not try one at a time.. keep it simple.

 

[kaustav_geek]

vish786
I don't think it to be a prudent thing to do... Almost all of them have a live CD/DVD option. So, instead of actual installation, just get the feel of each of them by running them in Live mode.

That will ease the hassle. Trust me, an octa boot ain't a good idea..

 

[Anindya]

After u test all the os`es plz do let us know what u found out. Atleast i will wait to hear from u.

 

[vish786]

After u test all the os`es plz do let us know what u found out. Atleast i will wait to hear from u.

it would take months

 

[iMav]

use live cd instead of installing ... makes more sense

 

[g_goyal2000]

Yeah,

 

[kaustav_geek]

it would take months

Nope. If you are a good learner and observer, getting the hang of 1 distro won't take you more than a week. So, will prolly take you 2 months to try them out completely...

As I said, don't be illogical, go the LIVE CD/DVD way.......

 

[eddie]

... and tell me wat should i do is it a good idea

You should not do it, it is not a good idea

... i mean will it work or not

It will work

 

[Sukhdeep Singh]

Better try each OS in Live CD or Virtual PC using VMWARE rather than messing up your harddrive

 

[kalpik]

Yes, try on vmware or virtualbox!

 

[kumarmohit]

Even I recommend using Virtualisation, so if anything goes wrong you only have to recover 1 OS only