Can I install multiple Linux OS's and multi-boot after setting up RAID array
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Hello -- Raider looks great. I have a dumb multi-os install question:
Like most, I customarily have multiple linux versions available via multi-boot. When installing onto a "clean" drive, I create 6 partitions. 4 each, ~20GB root partitions ( /, /Spare_OS1, /Spare_OS2, /Spare_OS3) to accomodate four linux versions, a swap parition, and one big /home parition using the remaining space.
I then run the first install using the / root and /home partitions. When a newer version of linux comes out, I install it starting with /Spare_OS1, /Spare_OS2, etc., and mount but don't reformat the existing /home partition.
My question: After I create these six partitions on sda, install Linux Mint 19, then convert this to RAID 5 using Raider, can I then install newer linux versions onto the other partitions without destroying the RAID?
Any guidance is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Don