The purpose of this HOWTO is to describe a methodology for
managing multiple operating systems on a single computer system.
It is intended for Linux users who have a basic familiarity with
both Linux and LILO installations. Nothing here is terribly
complex however, considering the amount of time it takes to
install some operating systems it can be relatively time
consuming. It is different from other methods in that it doesn't
require multiple operating systems on the boot disk. Instead it
uses a fixed internal disk containing a single primary operating
system and a selection of removable disks with one or more
operating systems installed on each of them. If you absolutely
have to have two, three, or four different operating systems on
a single disk and are trying to get them to behave with each
other, this HOWTO is not for you. Its specific goals are: * - A
primary/operational disk that once configured and installed is
rarely changed. This includes not having to repartition or
otherwise modify the disk it re