Can RHEL7 and Fedora 22 both be installed on the same machine
Hello
I am currently upgrading my WorkStation and I had to buy Windows 8 so I could flash the BIOS so I am installing that along with my new subscription to RHEL7
I have also discovered the Fedora Workstation distro and am in love with that.
My Workstation has had RHEL6 and nothing else but that has changed now.
The Question I have is can RHEL7 and Fedora 22 be on the drives without causing a problem?
I have added a SSD so I can have a better chache so I wonder if both distros would share that.
I want to keep RHEL7 but so far I see there will be some work to get things up and running like all the fun things that make a Workstation a personal computer. In the mean time Fedora 22 offers lots of fun so I would like to have both available.
On the RHEL7 side I know it is a serious and professional OS and I count on that for my programming projects. I believe it to be secure where i do not know if Fedora 22 is as well supported security wise.
I am a bit unsure of things.
So can they live together without conflict??
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Pro
730 points
Hi,
I wouldn't mix them together - they have different kernels, libraries, ABIs, etc.
Install one on bare metal and the second one as VM depending on you typical workflow:
- If the workstation is going to be used for RHEL related work, install the RHEL on bare metal and virtualize the Fedora.
- If you have recent hardware, or if you want to have better multimedia support (incl. "ugly" codecs) and breader software choice, install the Fedora on bare metal and virtualize the RHEL.
//Zdenek
Active Contributor
170 points
That is good to know.. Thank you.
Breeder software LOL..
Fedora 22 it is.
I do not see any Codecs for sale for RHEL7. I bought them for my RHEL6 but would update and buy again.
I work on experimental data compression and data encoding but it's not a job someone pays me to do.
Another option is to simply install them side by side on different partitions. This is easier with GPT and UEFI boot than with MSDOS & legacy BIOS boot, but can be done either way.
Red Hat
Guru
3719 points
James is right here. It's seems Zdenek was confused.
I've seen Windows, Fedora, Ubuntu, and RHEL all installed at the same time.
That said, virtually all of the folks in Red Hat's technical support department (including me) run Fedora on their personal workstations and put RHEL in their virtual machines. KVM & libvirt (or RHEV) make it super easy to do development work (or support troubleshooting) for a particular release.
Guru
6827 points
I've dual booted different such operating systems, and install one, then the other with different partitions or drives, and grub handles the one you boot into by default, and then you can also at the grub menu decide which one to switch to besides the default.
Active Contributor
170 points
It is an exciting time for me as I am doing a build. With this exciting new WorkStation build I am re-using the old WorkStation components in an unusual way .
I will be placing two motherboards into a AeroCool Strike-X platform and am wondering how to best take advantage of the dual motherboard aspect of this build.
My perceptions are that to accomplish MPI programming along with OpenMP is to have a disconnect of CPUs' This is, after all, still a Personal WorkStation or a Start-up.. Take your Pick.
So out of the circumstances relative to my equipment inventory I will be mounting one new motherboard with the AMD 9590 ( GO AMD!) and the older motherboard with another 8-core AMD in a sandwich stack. I would love to figure out the best use of resources...
So the additional replies gives me more to think about. Naturally with the Strike-X tradition it dictates a lot of colorful lights and cool music for the Youtube video.. After all who knows if I can ever afford to do such a thing again. :)
I welcome feedback on the MPI programming aspect. I may well be very outdated on my perceptions of basic Super Computer style of C programming .
From the earlier conversion I assumed I needed to anchor the primary CPU as Fedora 22 and then Hot-Swap drives on the secondary cpu to get what would be a functional system however, I am willing to try and understand the genius I am certain I am now cohorting with here with RHEL7 Community. I do tend to seek out bright friends.
My build will take time so i will have time to appreciate any advice and tutelage.
I will be referencing what has been said ere.
Thanks to Everyone and i welcome more if the mood is right for "you."
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