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if i need to install freeBSD, Linux Slackware, Linux Debian, all in one PC. Can I share one big HDD or can I put every OS on different HDD in same box.

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It's irrelevant if you put them on the same HDD or not, as long as each one gets it's own partition, and the boot loader knows about all three of them.

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