Linux Multi Booting

 

Posted on October 3, 2010

New Wave of Linux Multi Booting Capability 

Most of the Linux distributions are making a culpable offense by not recognizing other Linux distributions that come from various backgrounds. 

In the beginning, the LiLo had problems with booting other Linux distributions.

Then, came GRUB, it solved most of the booting problems by booting from any partition unlike Windows which has to start from the first sector.

Linux guys have not put this Weakness of Microsoft to light.

Now is the time to highlight why we should give priority to Microsoft.

It is unfair in legal sense and open market economy.

It also should learn how to boot from any sector of choice other than Master Boot Record.

Nobody should give the Copyright Inheritance of the first sector to any Linux Distribution or Microsoft Windows.

It should be with the customer or the user..

It is a monopoly.

Why most of the Computer Wizards did not expose this weakness to light is my grouse.

They only aggravate the situ by recognizing Windows. One does sometimes and most other guys invariably give Microsoft the first place.

This is a culpable mistake Linux developers perpetuated by not taking the starting block.

Mind you I was a short distant runner in my prime. Once, I get a head start, I never give up, until I touch the tape.

Why give the head start to Microsoft?

I have found only a few distributions doing it right.

They are PCLinux (the new distributions now have a problem not including other file format options – other types of disk formatting including DOS), Mephis, Debian, Suse , Mandriva, Redhat and Fedora.

Redhat had the best GRUB including RAIDs.

Still SuSe has the best partition tool, even though it restricts itself to 15 partitions.

Why I do not know?

All the other Live and installable CDs I checked had problem recognizing other Linux distributions.

But they invariably recognized Microsoft by default.

Is it fear induced by Microsoft itself or by its global propaganda outlet or is it both?

Why not recognize its sisters and brothers breathing over the neck to have a good head start.

Most pertinent question is why Microsoft cannot see with their eyes open wide, Linux or other distributions and various partition types do exist.

They are totally blind to independence an market forces.

Where is universal  brotherhood?

Where is universal comradeship?

There are two reasons.

1. One is boot loader they use is LiLo.

2. The other is that they do not write a script.

That is, a copy of the booting sequence in the header files of the root partition.

I used to do that by various devious means.

They all write on the M.B.R while giving priority to Microsoft almost by default or deceit.

Ubuntu do this, all Ubuntu derivatives including the attractive Mint do this culpable offense.

It is time to wake up and put this right.

Suse recognizes only 15 partitions.

There used to be over 60 partitions those days before the RAID and volumes came into existence.

I used to have at least 8 (2 for windows) distributions bootable on my hard disk barely 80 GB in capacity.

Those days Linux were not fat and heavy and some of them could stay on 2GB partition.

I used to modify boot sector by various means to get all of them running without a problem with GRUB as the Boot Loader.

Now the hard disks are over 300MB or 500MB we must go back to all traditions and have at least 30 partitions recognizable. My current minimum is 30 partitions and at least 6 distributions running. One runs on one partition and the rest in 5 paritions. Each one has its own boot partition. I have stopped manually editing GRUB. REBORN OS has the best GRUB Utility.

Two of Debian GNOME 

BlueStar Star Linux on a single partition. The most beautiful KDE Desktop 

Linux Mint

Neon User

REBORN OS and 6 in total.

Only 320GB capacity a very good Toshiba Hard Disk. I have two additional ntfs3 partition to store Iso Images. The smaller partition for an assortment of PUPPY Linux only two of them Bootable with UEFI.

My current NUC has 0nly 320GB but has 6 distributions running.

Unlike those days instead of Windows I have two of Debian Gnome, BluStar Linux, Reborn OS and Parrot Linux. Parrot OS has some problems with GRUB.

I could have had Gnoppix26 if I had 34 partitions but two large NTFS partitions are there to store Linux images. I have 16 Iso images that include CachyOS and Emmabantus Trixie Edition.

By the way, I could never get GNOPPIX 6 edition. Direct download freezes in the middle of the download. 

I gave up.

Then, in the 32 bit Era, I used to boot Microsoft, Apple Mac ( Redhat 5 Edition) and Open Free BSD as part-timers with Linux preferably my own assembly called God Bless You All (G.B.Y.A).

Thanks to all the guys including Puppy Linux.

I will throw a party.

Even, if the mighty God directs me to the grave for a long rest after the party.

Recovery Is Possible or Impossible and cohabitation is a must in the coffin, for all of us, at the end, the Linux USERS and the other operating system Users.