Triple Boot XP, Fedora, ubuntu
Making your system a triple boot box, this can help you achieve this.
Triple boot XP and two linux (FC5 and Ubuntu 6.06 in my case)
Hi,
Now i want to share my experience of making my system a triple boot one.
Ok what i have is a Desktop with a 120 Gigas SATA disk.
As usually what you need to do is install XP first but be sure to let enough space for the linux OS.
after you have finished, install some of the two linux, lets say Ubuntu, if you install from the live CD, be sure to manually edith the disk partition and left room for Fedora.
I recommend something like this
/dev/sda1 XP NTFS
/dev/sda2 Extended partition
/dev/sda3 boot ext3 -> 100 Mbytes (for Ubuntu)
/dev/sda4 Swap -> 1 Gbyte (for Ubuntu)
/dev/sda5 / ext3 -> any size you may want for Ubuntu
this edition of CD will not let you choose where to install the Grub so, it will be installed directly on your MBR, once you finished you can confirm that you can boot from XP or Ubuntu.
Now start installing Fedora5
when it asks you where to install Grub choose the option of the first record of Fedora Partition,
and use manual partition for doing this.
/dev/sda6 ext3 /boot -> 100 Mbytes (for fedora)
/dev/sda7 SWAP -> 1 Gbyte (for fedora)
/dev/sda8 ext3 / -> Any size you may want for Fedora.
After finishing installing this boot your system with ubuntu Linux.
go to the /boot/grub/ directory and edith the menu.lst file and make this addition
title Fedora
root (hd0,5) # Remeber that it count from 0 so (hd0,5) means /dev/sda6 (or /dev/hda6 if that is your case)
chainloader +1
with this change the next time you boot your system you should be able to choose
XP
The ubuntu Kernel you have or all the options of ubuntu you may have.
and
Fedora option
which will take you directly to the Grub menu of Fedora with all the kernels available there!
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Nice ! Just one question,
Nice !
Just one question, how if I wanted to have a shared partition where Windows can open and save it.
For example in your case, I have something like
/dev/sda9 mounted as /home formatted as FAT32
Can I do that?
Would two Linux recoqnize this /home with no problem?
Thanks in advance
Yes it should work, but I do
Yes it should work, but I do not know what windows is going to do with that partition, so it is maybe a good idea to have a separate partition to share files with windows.
Guillermo Garron
Triple Boot, my new
Triple Boot, my new experience!
With the latest Ubuntu 8.04 desktop version, Triple boot with Windows XP, Fedora and Ubuntu is as easy as ABC.
I have just installed above 3 OSes in my AMD 6400+ with 3GB RAM machine. All 3 Operating systems are working perfectly. What I did was:
1. Make a partition for my Windows XP (SP2) which is about 2/3 size of the whole hard drive;
2. Install Windows XP into it;
3. Install Fedora 8 (64 Bit) into the remaining space of the hard drive;
(* Now I have dual boot with both Windows XP and Fedora 8, grub loader *)
4. Now I boot up from Windows XP, after I loaded the Ubuntu 8.04 desktop installation CD (also 64 bit), the installation prompt (GUI) popped up. Followed the on-screen instruction to install the Ubuntu 8.04 into the machine within Windows environment (Thank Ubuntu for this genius design!), the triple boot PC is born!
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No configurations are needed (of course we can always modify the grub.conf file under both Fedora and Ubuntu (menu.lst), I can even manage the boot configuration under Windows XP between Windows and Ubuntu).
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The only limitation is:
Under the size choices of Ubuntu space (when install it within Windows XP), the maximum option for Ubuntu is only 30GB. But I believe we can always mount an extra space outside of the partition as long as there are extra spaces available (I have not tried yet).
Hope this can give some confidence and help to those Tri-Boot lovers!
Thank you very much for
Thank you very much for taking the time to improve this site!
I really appreciate
Guillermo Garron
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