2 OS' at once?

[QuantumBit]

So I'm building a gaming PC soon and I'm using a 120GB ssd for the boot drive. Earlier today I was wondering, if I got another SSD, would I be able to store a different OS on it? Like run windows on one and mac os x on the other? Also would it be possible for me to split my ssd in to 2 60GB compartments, each with its own OS?

[Himommies]

2 minutes ago, QuantumBit said:

So I'm building a gaming PC soon and I'm using a 120GB ssd for the boot drive. Earlier today I was wondering, if I got another SSD, would I be able to store a different OS on it? Like run windows on one and mac os x on the other? Also would it be possible for me to split my ssd in to 2 60GB compartments, each with its own OS?

Are you saying like dual booting or virtual machines

[Guest]

Yes. You can do that. I am running Ubuntu and Windows on my 240GB SSD very fine. Different drive is not needed but nice too. You can choose how many GB will be used for a particular OS when installing it.

[QuantumBit]

1 minute ago, Himommies said:

Are you saying like dual booting or virtual machines

I really don't know what those two mean, but what I'm trying to say is like when I boot it up I can choose if I either want mac osx, or windows.

[QuantumBit]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Yes. You can do that. I am running Ubuntu and Windows on my 240GB SSD very fine. Different drive is not needed but nice too. You can choose how many GB will be used for a particular OS when installing it.

Oh ok thank you. Is there any sort of tutorial on it?

[GDRRiley]

Just now, QuantumBit said:

I really don't know what those two mean, but what I'm trying to say is like when I boot it up I can choose if I either want mac osx, or windows.

OSX is a pain to do if you want to know more go to the tonymacx86 forum 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, QuantumBit said:

Oh ok thank you. Is there any sort of tutorial on it?

Just look up how to dual boot Windows and __ (os you want to get)

[Himommies]

1 minute ago, QuantumBit said:

I really don't know what those two mean, but what I'm trying to say is like when I boot it up I can choose if I either want mac osx, or windows.

Only specific hardware is compatible with OSX i would google it.Also are you using one as like a main system and the other one as a like once a week thing

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, QuantumBit said:

I really don't know what those two mean, but what I'm trying to say is like when I boot it up I can choose if I either want mac osx, or windows.

Dual boot: having 2 os work at once

VM (Virtual machine): Having another OS inside an existing OS

[tlink]

hackintosh is not allowed to be discussed on this forum, but if you're asking if its possible to install 2 os's on the same machine, yes that very much is possible. its just a royal pain in the but to set up.

[Himommies]

Just now, tlink said:

hackintosh is not allowed to be discussed on this forum, but if you're asking if its possible to install 2 os's on the same machine, yes that very much is possible. its just a royal pain in the but to set up.

Dind't linus make a video about one

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, tlink said:

hackintosh is not allowed to be discussed on this forum, but if you're asking if its possible to install 2 os's on the same machine, yes that very much is possible. its just a royal pain in the but to set up.

it should be if LTT did a video on it. 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, tlink said:

hackintosh is not allowed to be discussed on this forum, but if you're asking if its possible to install 2 os's on the same machine, yes that very much is possible. its just a royal pain in the but to set up.

He wasn't talking about hackintosh though? He was giving OSX as an example

[Velvet Revolver]

I use Virtual Machines now, they are useful and very easy to setup. Its easier then you think.

[Himommies]

2 minutes ago, Velvet Revolver said:

I use Virtual Machines now, they are useful and very easy to setup. Its easier then you think.

I would use Virtural machines instead of a dual boot if you only are working on MacOS like once or twice a month otherwise I would dual boot.(dual boot also if your like a software engineer or something and you need to test something)

[Drak3]

3 minutes ago, Velvet Revolver said:

I use Virtual Machines now, they are useful and very easy to setup. Its easier then you think.

Virtual machines as in host OS, guest OS, and a hypervisor like HyperV or Virtualbox?

 

Or as in UnRaid and multiple operating systems being virtualized concurrently?

 

Because one is a far bit easier to get into than the other.

[Velvet Revolver]

I got no clue what you are saying @Drak3

I used VirtualBox for my Virtual Machine.

[Drak3]

Just now, Velvet Revolver said:

I got no clue what you are saying @Drak3

I used VirtualBox for my Virtual Machine.

There are two types of virtual machines.

Ones where there is a host OS, a hypervisor, and a guest OS (which is the one in the virtual machine). This is OK if you just use the guest OS for utilities, to play around and test the Guest OS, or if you're just bored/learning.

 

Then there are Kernel Virtual Machines, such as UnRaid. The basic Linux kernel is used as the host and hypervisor, which allows the guest OS's to have better access to the hardware (and the hardware is provisioned by the user). It enables one system to run two or more operating systems as if they were running on two separate systems completely. These can allow a high end machine to fill multiple roles that would otherwise take multiple medium to low end machines to fill (Gaming Machine and NAS, Multiple Gaming machines, office drone computers).

[QuantumBit]

1 hour ago, Himommies said:

Only specific hardware is compatible with OSX i would google it.Also are you using one as like a main system and the other one as a like once a week thing

I would probably use windows when I want to game, and another OS when I wan't to do something light for a long period of time.

[zuboForgot]

For a very straightforward way to try virtual machines: 

 

Look for modern.ie and download one of the virtualbox options. 

 

By the time you have one of those working,  you will have installed virtualbox so go download Ubuntu or Linux Mint or similar. 

 

VirtualBox 'pretends'   to be a real computer inside your real computer so installing Windows or Linux or whatever is like putting a pretend disc into into a pretend computer... Get it? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tlink]

17 hours ago, deXxterlab97 said:

He wasn't talking about hackintosh though? He was giving OSX as an example

i know he uses osx daily  so its probably what he wants thats why i said it just so he knows we can't go in depth into that specific part of dual OS.