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postmarketOS doesn't currently support dual booting through recovery, yet there are a few ways this can be achieved:
postmarketOS doesn't currently support dual booting through recovery, yet there are a few ways this can be achieved:


* On the [[Nokia N900]], u-boot provides a mechanism to select the OS. See [[Nokia N900#Installation]]
* On the [[Nokia N900]] and many device that use uboot (like [[MangoPi MQ-Pro (mangopi-mq-pro)]] , [[Xunlong Orange Pi 3 (xunlong-orangepi3)]]) , u-boot provides a mechanism to select the OS. See [[Nokia N900#Installation]] and [https://u-boot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usage/cmd/bootmenu.html|See bootmenu on uboot doc]  
* One more way with u-boot: [[U-Boot_porting#Implement_multiboot_involving_Android_in_a_device_aport]]
* One more way with u-boot: [[U-Boot_porting#Implement_multiboot_involving_Android_in_a_device_aport]]
* On fastboot devices that have an SD card, it is possible to install postmarketOS on the SD card, and boot through <syntaxhighlight lang="bash" inline>pmbootstrap flasher boot</syntaxhighlight>. This has the advantage of not modifying anything on the phone itself, but a USB cable and a host device (like a computer) are needed to boot the device with this procedure.
* On fastboot devices that have an SD card, it is possible to install postmarketOS on the SD card, and boot through <syntaxhighlight lang="bash" inline>pmbootstrap flasher boot</syntaxhighlight>. This has the advantage of not modifying anything on the phone itself, but a USB cable and a host device (like a computer) are needed to boot the device with this procedure.

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Dual Booting, also sometimes called Multiboot, is a process by which you can install multiple operating systems on your device, and select between them when booting it up.

postmarketOS doesn't currently support dual booting through recovery, yet there are a few ways this can be achieved:

See also

Dual booting pm os and netbsd demo video