Is that 37 OS's installed on your computer....

Saw this over on OSNews and thought that NeoWin readers would certainly benefit from this excellent achievement.

We"ve all heard of dual-boot systems or even triple- and quadruple-boot systems with versions of Linux, Unix, and Windows. But exactly how many operating systems can you fit in one computer? One user, Richard Robbins, decided to find out.

This project started with a simple dual boot between Windows 98 and 2000. Then I added some Linux distributions and BeOS. Somewhere along the line, adding operating systems became an obsession. I wanted to see exactly how many I could stuff in one box. It also became a project to prove people wrong. Many people told me that what I achieved could not be done.

In the end, he managed to get 37, yes that"s right, 37 OS"s booting on his 6 hard drive PC, so much so, that TechTV had an interview with this guy, and MacimumPC got in on the act and persuaded him, along with his parents to drive from Southern Utah to our offices all thw way to Brisbane, CA., just so that MaximumPC could verify the authenticity of his creation.

News source: TechTV - Richard"s Multiboot Menagerie (12th September 2002)

View: MaximumPC article - One PC, Six Hard Drives, 37 OSes!

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