Comments on: How to Run Multiple Linux Distros Without Virtualization http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-run-multiple-linux-distros-without-virtualization/2009/08/11 Uncomplicating the complicated, making life easier Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JoshPrice http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-run-multiple-linux-distros-without-virtualization/2009/08/11#comment-16612 JoshPrice Sat, 29 May 2010 22:45:41 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=6278#comment-16612 Some parts of the article linked at the top (<a href="http://maketecheasier.com/run-multiple-x-sessions-without-virtualization/2009/07/11" rel="nofollow">http://maketecheasier.com/run-multiple-x-sessio...</a>) will help with getting display from the guest distro. <br><br>Also, look into Xnest. Some parts of the article linked at the top (http://maketecheasier.com/run-multiple-x-sessio…) will help with getting display from the guest distro.

Also, look into Xnest.

]]> By: mechanic http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-run-multiple-linux-distros-without-virtualization/2009/08/11#comment-16531 mechanic Sun, 23 May 2010 22:58:38 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=6278#comment-16531 Display? X isn't running on the target system! Display? X isn't running on the target system!

]]> By: » A few interesting links Ubuntu Musings http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-run-multiple-linux-distros-without-virtualization/2009/08/11#comment-11542 » A few interesting links Ubuntu Musings Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:38:39 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=6278#comment-11542 [...] How to run multiple distros without virtualization [...] [...] How to run multiple distros without virtualization [...]

]]> By: HowtoMatrix » How to Run Multiple Linux Distros Without Virtualization http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-run-multiple-linux-distros-without-virtualization/2009/08/11#comment-9526 HowtoMatrix » How to Run Multiple Linux Distros Without Virtualization Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:31:35 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=6278#comment-9526 [...] Read more at Make Tech Easier [...] [...] Read more at Make Tech Easier [...]

]]> By: Joshua Price http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-run-multiple-linux-distros-without-virtualization/2009/08/11#comment-9323 Joshua Price Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:47:49 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=6278#comment-9323 Never tried OpenVZ, thanks for the tip I'll check it out! Never tried OpenVZ, thanks for the tip I’ll check it out!

]]> By: Joshua Price http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-run-multiple-linux-distros-without-virtualization/2009/08/11#comment-23149 Joshua Price Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:47:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=6278#comment-23149 Never tried OpenVZ, thanks for the tip I'll check it out! Never tried OpenVZ, thanks for the tip I’ll check it out!

]]> By: Joshua Price http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-run-multiple-linux-distros-without-virtualization/2009/08/11#comment-23150 Joshua Price Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:47:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=6278#comment-23150 Never tried OpenVZ, thanks for the tip I'll check it out! Never tried OpenVZ, thanks for the tip I’ll check it out!

]]> By: Links 13/08/2009: Another School and Trader Media Group Migration to GNU/Linux | Boycott Novell http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-run-multiple-linux-distros-without-virtualization/2009/08/11#comment-9312 Links 13/08/2009: Another School and Trader Media Group Migration to GNU/Linux | Boycott Novell Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:56:35 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=6278#comment-9312 [...] How to Run Multiple Linux Distros Without Virtualization Before we get started, it would be a good idea to go over exactly what we’re doing and how it all works. When you start up your Linux computer, you go through a series of steps to boot up. GRUB, your bootloader, loads the kernel that’s specified in GRUB’s config file, attaches it to your root partition, and runs the init scripts stored there. From then on, your system is running from within that root partition. [...] [...] How to Run Multiple Linux Distros Without Virtualization Before we get started, it would be a good idea to go over exactly what we’re doing and how it all works. When you start up your Linux computer, you go through a series of steps to boot up. GRUB, your bootloader, loads the kernel that’s specified in GRUB’s config file, attaches it to your root partition, and runs the init scripts stored there. From then on, your system is running from within that root partition. [...]

]]> By: Scott Dowdle http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-run-multiple-linux-distros-without-virtualization/2009/08/11#comment-9298 Scott Dowdle Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:46:58 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=6278#comment-9298 I strongly recommend OpenVZ to do what you want to do. Sure it is a form of virtualization but it is OS Virtualization aka containers and has a lot less overhead than the machine/hardware virtualization products. openvz.org Containers are very similar to a chroot environment but they offer a level of isolation, security, and resource management not provided by a simple chroot environment. Also there are a number of pre-created OS Templates for various Linux distributions so it is very easy to get them going whereas with your method, only a small handful of distros offer a package suitable for a chroot environment. I have built GUI desktop OS Templates for Fedora 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, CentOS 4, 5, and Debian as well... and it is pretty easy to do with the native package managers available on various distros. You can't bind them to your local display like you can X, at least not easily... so the main way to access them is with vnc or NoMachine/freenx. I strongly recommend OpenVZ to do what you want to do. Sure it is a form of virtualization but it is OS Virtualization aka containers and has a lot less overhead than the machine/hardware virtualization products. openvz.org

Containers are very similar to a chroot environment but they offer a level of isolation, security, and resource management not provided by a simple chroot environment. Also there are a number of pre-created OS Templates for various Linux distributions so it is very easy to get them going whereas with your method, only a small handful of distros offer a package suitable for a chroot environment.

I have built GUI desktop OS Templates for Fedora 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, CentOS 4, 5, and Debian as well… and it is pretty easy to do with the native package managers available on various distros. You can’t bind them to your local display like you can X, at least not easily… so the main way to access them is with vnc or NoMachine/freenx.

]]> By: Scott Dowdle http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-run-multiple-linux-distros-without-virtualization/2009/08/11#comment-23148 Scott Dowdle Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:46:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=6278#comment-23148 I strongly recommend OpenVZ to do what you want to do. Sure it is a form of virtualization but it is OS Virtualization aka containers and has a lot less overhead than the machine/hardware virtualization products. openvz.org Containers are very similar to a chroot environment but they offer a level of isolation, security, and resource management not provided by a simple chroot environment. Also there are a number of pre-created OS Templates for various Linux distributions so it is very easy to get them going whereas with your method, only a small handful of distros offer a package suitable for a chroot environment. I have built GUI desktop OS Templates for Fedora 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, CentOS 4, 5, and Debian as well... and it is pretty easy to do with the native package managers available on various distros. You can't bind them to your local display like you can X, at least not easily... so the main way to access them is with vnc or NoMachine/freenx. I strongly recommend OpenVZ to do what you want to do. Sure it is a form of virtualization but it is OS Virtualization aka containers and has a lot less overhead than the machine/hardware virtualization products. openvz.org

Containers are very similar to a chroot environment but they offer a level of isolation, security, and resource management not provided by a simple chroot environment. Also there are a number of pre-created OS Templates for various Linux distributions so it is very easy to get them going whereas with your method, only a small handful of distros offer a package suitable for a chroot environment.

I have built GUI desktop OS Templates for Fedora 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, CentOS 4, 5, and Debian as well… and it is pretty easy to do with the native package managers available on various distros. You can’t bind them to your local display like you can X, at least not easily… so the main way to access them is with vnc or NoMachine/freenx.

]]> By: Matt Simmons http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-run-multiple-linux-distros-without-virtualization/2009/08/11#comment-9297 Matt Simmons Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:36:55 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=6278#comment-9297 This is clever. I hadn't considered a full time instance of another OS like this...I do have concerns about various locking issues, since one install won't be aware of the other's locked files, hardware, ports, etc. Still, very intriguing. I'll have to play with this sometime. This is clever. I hadn’t considered a full time instance of another OS like this…I do have concerns about various locking issues, since one install won’t be aware of the other’s locked files, hardware, ports, etc.

Still, very intriguing. I’ll have to play with this sometime.

]]> By: Matt Simmons http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-run-multiple-linux-distros-without-virtualization/2009/08/11#comment-23147 Matt Simmons Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:36:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=6278#comment-23147 This is clever. I hadn't considered a full time instance of another OS like this...I do have concerns about various locking issues, since one install won't be aware of the other's locked files, hardware, ports, etc. Still, very intriguing. I'll have to play with this sometime. This is clever. I hadn’t considered a full time instance of another OS like this…I do have concerns about various locking issues, since one install won’t be aware of the other’s locked files, hardware, ports, etc.

Still, very intriguing. I’ll have to play with this sometime.

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