[OpenIndiana-discuss] Multiboot on PC

[Reginald Beardsley]

 Yes it is possible, however, it can be tricky preventing one installer from stepping on another OS. In particular Linux and Solaris partitions use the same number to denote partition type. The way around that is to use fdisk to change the partition type to DOS or similar, install and then fix the type after the install has completed.

In OI/Illumos "partition" refers to the DOS MBR partition table. To avoid confusion, OI/Illumos use the term "slice" to subdivide the Solaris portion of the MBR "partition".

Unfortunately, MBR limits the usable disk to 2 TB. In principle a GPT/UEFI label will allow booting multiple OSes. I do not know how well that actually would work at present. The general documentation is rather skimpy.

Reg


     On Monday, May 3, 2021, 09:18:25 AM CDT, Yassine Chaouche <a.chaouche at algerian-radio.dz> wrote:  
 
 Hello OpenIndiana users,

Is it possible to install OpenIndiana alongside other
OSes on same PC with a single disk ? I don't know if
disk partitions exist in the Unix world or if is sees
the disks differently (I heard of slices instead of
partitions in some OSes)

Feedback appreciated.

-- Yassine.

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