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You can use the cheatcodes knoppix_name and knoppix_dir to point to different KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX files.  Of course this assumes you are using the same kernel and minirt (which is the case for 1.x and 3.x)
Quote (JPsDad @ Nov. 19 2007,00:38)
I don't have a working CD burner right now, so I have been mounting isos and copying files. Can I do Frugal installs of several versions, choose which to boot with Grub? I Multi-boot several O/S (full installs) this way on my laptop.  Does each need it's own Partition or would directories be sufficient?

I don't think so.  Why not just try several versions from disk with norestore (find a friend to burn them?) , while keeping persistent files on your HD partitions to use with whatever version you boot.  You'll probably end up using the latest version anyway.  Robert has continually made significant improvements.

Edit: Unless, as Hats stated, you are using the same kernel and minirt in base mode (although there are specific config updates for each new version).
Well it's trivial to change the kernel/minirt in the bootloader - I was just pointing out what his case would most likely be.  Might just have to backup/restore manually though (should you use it).
Quote (^thehatsrule^ @ Nov. 19 2007,09:20)
Well it's trivial to change the kernel/minirt in the bootloader - I was just pointing out what his case would most likely be.  Might just have to backup/restore manually though (should you use it).

I'm just speculating, because I've never tried it.  I'm not sure what system files are already loaded from the iso before it gets to the bootloader. I wonder if anyone has tried this, with several versions listed in the bootloader. It might be interesting if one were DSL-N, for example.
You can use as many versions of DSL/DSL-N as you like with the same bootloader. I think it's something you would need to set up by manually extracting the contents of the ISOs into various directories and editing the bootloader config, rather than using the supplied installer script.

I usually have at least two versions of frugal DSL installed on the same partition, using the knoppix_name boot option to point to a particular KNOPPIX-* file and making sure to specify the correct kernel/initrd for that specific KNOPPIX file. Typically I copy the KNOPPIX file to /mnt/hda4/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX-<DSL_version> and the isolinux directory to /mnt/hda4/boot/isolinux-<DSL_version>
This often results in duplicate kernel, but that's a minor issue that could be easily resolved if you're very concerned about saving a couple MB on your harddrive.

Example Grub entry:
Code Sample
title Damn Small Linux 4.0
   kernel (hd0,3)/boot/isolinux-4.0/linux24 root=/dev/hda4 knoppix_name=KNOPPIX-4.0 dsl host=bungle home=hda3 mydsl=hda3/home/dsl/mydsl norestore vga=794 syslog dma legacy
   initrd (hd0,3)/boot/isolinux-4.0/minirt24.gz
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