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{{Short description|Act of installing multiple operating systems on a single computer}} {{Redirect|Multiboot|the multiboot specification|Multiboot specification}} {{Multiple issues| {{Original research|date=March 2011}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2011}} {{More footnotes needed|date=October 2013}} }} [[Image:GRUB with ubuntu and windows vista.png|thumb|300px|[[GNU GRUB|GRUB]], with entries for [[Ubuntu]] and [[Windows Vista]], an example of ''dual booting'']] '''Multi-booting''' is the act of installing multiple [[operating system]]s on a single [[computer]], and being able to choose which one to [[Booting|boot]]. The term '''dual-booting''' refers to the common configuration of specifically two operating systems. Multi-booting may require a custom [[Booting#Second-stage boot loaders|boot loader]].
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