triple boot

[r8500]

Ok, heres my current setup.

I have a dual boot of XP pro, and 2003 .net server RC2.

I have had no problems so far, but I wanted to try to triple boot with a linux boot.

Is this possible, or will it hose everything?

[DocEvi1]

I remember a topic like this a while back but using the title "dual boot". The user wanted to put 4 different OS's on his system. I would do a search through - I remember Bip..Bill posting in there regarding 4 OS's been "dual boot", should narrow your search a little, well maybe ;)

Stefan

[Swordfish]

yes, its possible. what linux distro are u plannin to install?

Most of us must have done it like having XP pro and 98se/Me and then redhat linux as the third.

As long as i can remember...i have done max 5 os's.XP pro,NT4 Server,2Kpro,98se and then redhat 8....huh talkin of multiboot?:rolleyes:

[r8500]

I had planned on using Mandrake 9.1

[rraehal]

I use mandrake 9 with 98, DOS 6, and XP. 4 OSes. My setup is this:

Hard Disk 1:
Win98 - FAT 32 - 5 GB - Installed First
WinXP - NTFS - 5GB - Installed second and removed Drive

Hard Disk 2: (Set as master to install DOS as slave to install Linux)
DOS 6.22 - FAT 16 - 2GB - Installed 3rd
Switched to Slave Disk and Put back in HDD 1
Linux - EXT3 - 4GB Installed Last

When I installed XP it automatically recognized Win98 and set up my dual boot from drive 1. I install DOS alone because I had issues with getting the Active Partitions on both drives - FDISK kept switching the drives active partiton between 1 and 2. With DOS the only drive both drives were Active. I installed Linux last because the Install of Lilo recognizes all the OSes I have in my PC and automatically sets up the OS Boot choices menu to boot any OS. WIndows from drive 1 where I select 98 or XP, DOS from Drive 2 and Linux From drive 2 partition 2.

Easy if the install is done in the right order.

[r8500]

Cool, thanks for the help!