Help Tri-Booting

derek_tracy · 03-07-2003, 07:26 AM

I have totally revamped my computer and want to tri-boot the system. I have Winblows 2k and XP installed on one hard drive and on my second hard drive I am going to install linux I have not decided on distro I have used many in the past but might try something new. I have heard bad things regarding even dual booting with XP installed and was wondering if any one had any info on this matter that they could share with me. Thanks to everyone that reads this thread.

loke137 · 03-07-2003, 07:41 AM

I used to tri-boot winMe, Gentoo and Debian. All I need was windows on first partition and some configuration to lilo.conf.
I have never booted two windows, but maybe all you need to do is add then to lilo.conf/grub.conf.
Something like (for lilo):

Code:

other= /dev/hda1
label = WindXP
table = /dev/hda

other = /dev/hda2
label = win2K
table = /dev/hda

This should do it.

acid2000 · 03-07-2003, 08:29 AM

If you use grub you can install windows anywhere because you can hide partitions from windows.