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VegaLinuxQ4

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Registered: 2025-01-29

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Dual Boot with 2 Q4OS in the same pc?

Dear @Q4OS team

I have a plan to do as OP's tittle, make Dual Boot Q4OS (with each different DE) in the same pc/Laptop.
Is it possible to do? Since it will use the same boot image, I wondering how they will boot separately?
For more detail, this is what I like to do :
1. Q4OS TDE active
2. From there I will do MX Snap, and then I will remove all of entire TDE's stuff and replace it to e.g LXQT (get it from Debian Backport's repo), this is the second Q4OS boot.
3. Revive that TDE MX Snap to boot. so there will be 1 TDE version and 1 LXQT version of Q4OS in the same pc. Off course with each different /Root partition, only Boot Efi partition will be the same.

If it possible to do so, can You please guide me how and what I need to do in preparation settup-reallocating and avoid any duplicates files/multiples dependencies?
Yes  I know we can do "Desktop Profiler" thing, but that's different thing (1 boot with dual DE) and will be messy with multiple/Duplicate dependencies and services running, so please don't ask me "why not just use desktop profiler etc..."
And If it not possible, can you explain to me why? I guess that cause it use the same Q4OS boot image? I like to learn.

Thanks in Advance.

Edit : Yes it's work as/more than I've Expected!

Last edited by VegaLinuxQ4 (2025-02-19 03:14)

q4osteam

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Re: Dual Boot with 2 Q4OS in the same pc?

Yes, that should work, however it's a comprehensive task, so please go step by step and ask for help on partial issues. Have you created snapshots already ?

VegaLinuxQ4

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Registered: 2025-01-29

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Re: Dual Boot with 2 Q4OS in the same pc?

Yes, that should work, however it's a comprehensive task, so please go step by step and ask for help on partial issues. Have you created snapshots already ?

Hello thanks for your reply, just back and read your reply now, After make OP as title then I'm impatient to just go to make my exp. And I've made it all have done well as or even more than I've Expexted! I even have done made 3-4 Respin versions to see how they'll boot separately, and oh yes it's bootable separately although some effort to do in boot & grub. Still i can't get the correct name to the grub's lists, its show UEFI OS and lists inside, no Q4OS name listed to bootloader but that's not problem, In grub (name as Debian GNU P1etc  with some letter code) I can choose it as how I can Identified them.
And the most satisfied for me is with MX Minstaller and MX Snap ISO I can make/Respin my own OS unlimited Versions as I want with used just 1 OS Core (E.g Q4OS), It's so AWESOME to see how that MX snap can re-snaping-1 snaped ISO multiples UNLIMITED, and it available during LIVE also, that's Incredible Brilliant System Tool that I've ever use since 2010s playing compile/porting/patching etc OS thing in XDA & others, so my opinion as a linux noob user ; MX deserve the throne as the Linux Distro King, and Q4OS deserve appreciated with its unique optimized & tweaked OS!

Now I can confirmed to all that you all are able to make your own Q4OS ISO versions Unlimited and Multiples Boot-able (e.g Q4OS OB/JWM/WMs version, Q4OS Budgie, Q4OS LxQt, Q4OS Deepin, etc...), But just don't make it at least you know how/what you are doing, or it'll be messy bootloader to bootloop to the worst thing is FAIL/Broken BOOT.

* As you've mentioned that "it's comprehensive task" so Me either also won't types all the steps here except maybe some user need some guide/advice partially later.
1 Question (or maybe Request), for Q4OS further Improvement maybe you like to open 1 SubForum that allow every Devs to create Their Q4OS Respin/Sub-OS Versions? Since we have that Superb Unbeatable Tool (MX Snap) Then can have Q4OS Versions to Unlimited Level! or there're already existed but just me haven't realize/found it?

Last edited by VegaLinuxQ4 (2025-02-19 03:32)