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Re: [LUG] dual booting 32 and 64 bit systems

 

On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 20:14 +0100, baslake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> Posted by "Barry Ayres" <baslake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> 
> hi all,
>   dont know if its me or my machine, (prolly me) but are there or should there be 
> any issues with dual booting a 32 and 64 bit linux on the same machine ? in my 
> wisdom thought it might be a good idea to boot pclinuxos (32 bit) and mint (64 
> bit) on the same machine but whatever way round i do the install it blows the 
> bootloader away. even attempting to use the mobo bootloader can only see one 
> operating system at a time ! (or it just wont boot,,,, no operating system 
> installed). using an athlon 6000+ on a gigabyte board. 
> any feedback appreciated, 
> bas.
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Also if one system is using LVM and the other isn't then you have only a
chance if you boot off the lvm disk.


Regards

Kevin Lucas
Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved repressed(possibly!Definitely!)
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