Boot from linux

Pingy · n00b Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 32 Location: /dev/pro1

Call me crazy, but i think it would be awesome to be able to boot other operating systems from my gentoo box, and use gentoo as a boto manager/web surf box/media center(i just saw the voodoo envy 133 with its voodoo ios) and then boot into one of my other operating systems and exit linux doing so,or not, i dont mind, maybe when i exit the other operating system linux will still be up... But are there any programs/commands I can use to make this a reality?
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geforce · l33t Joined: 29 Dec 2003 Posts: 653 Location: Canada

Vmware ?
Qemu ?
Xen ?
Linux-vserver ?
virtual box ?

You have plenty of choice

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Pingy · n00b Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 32 Location: /dev/pro1

how do you use virtual box? is it like VMware? can i use a normal partition and replace the current operating system?
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geforce · l33t Joined: 29 Dec 2003 Posts: 653 Location: Canada

You can use this as a starter:

http://blarts.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/how-to-run-virtualbox-using-a-physical-partition-using-ubuntu-feisty-fawn/
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