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thorthemighty   05-31-2004 at 09:34:07 PM

I am looking to triboot linux, 2000 & XP. Has anyone done this and be able to provide step by step instructions? I have a 60GB & a 120GB disk and would like both of the windows file systems to be ntfs.
I have tried googling but I get a mass of information which leaves me baffled. What I can gather though is that linux has to be at the beginning of a disk but installed last - can't see how this can be achieved however. Also is linux incompatible with ntfs?

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silverpig   06-01-2004 at 07:40:20 AM
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Step 1: Boot from 2k cd. Make a 20 GB partition on the 60 GB disk as ntfs. Install 2k there.

Step 2: Boot from the XP cd. Make a 20 GB partition in the 60 GB disk as ntfs. Install XP there.

Step 3: Boot from the linux cd.

here's where it will vary greatly based on what distro you pick. Basically you'll make a / partition (sorta like c: drive in windows) in 19 GB of the 20 you have free. Leave 1 GB and format it as a linux swap partition. You may format the / partition as any of the linux filesystems you like. ReiserFS is good (reiser4 is supposedly very very good), xfs, jfs, ext2, ext3... The partitioning program on the linux disk makes this simple if you have a distro like mandrake or fedora which supplies one.

Now for the boot loader. Again, if you use mandrake or fedora their install program will install and configure a bootloader for you. You should be able to see all your options right there and just select the OS you want.

In order to give more detailed instructions we'll need more info on what distro you want to use, whether you have a preference on what bootloader you use etc etc...

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iccaros   06-01-2004 at 04:48:56 PM
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see http://windows.about.com/gi/dynami [...] _boot.html
you just need the extra step as stated above as installing XP after 2000 (it will set up dual booting the windows part)

I would never mutiboot agian. IT a waste of time and effort. with VM (now $185)
its easy to load and run mutiple OS at the same time. I use Gentoo and installing VM is as easy as typing emerge vm-workstation.
buy a licens and tyep it in. your golden. no rebooting,just run and go . can even create virtual networks to play with system administration. want to load a live linux cd .. don't power down just create a new virtual machine just for booting CD's. put the cd in and start it.

your choice.


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silverpig   06-01-2004 at 08:21:00 PM
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Heh, true about VMWare. I run gentoo as well and have played with VMWare in the past, but I still like to game and what not in windows, so I keep an XP partition around.

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thorthemighty   06-01-2004 at 11:57:12 PM
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Thanks for your detailed reply silverpig. I followed your instructions up to 3 and then got a bit lost. That is almost certainly because I know nothing whatsoever about linux names & terminologies so I'm going to do a bit of reading. What are the main linux flavours I should be looking at?(I'm not asking for which is the best as I don't want to open up a can of worms)

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iccaros   06-02-2004 at 05:31:41 AM
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depends on what you want to accomplish. learn linux.. Gentoo or debian is your best bet. just use linux to get a feel (well no need to install) knoppix,morphix,slax all will do that for you.

if your looking for a distro that is well suported then Fedora, SuSE, Mandrake.
in truth there is little diffrence between any of them at first glance. its when you learn Linux you see the world of diffrences.


PS. if you have a live linux cd already.. that all you need to install gentoo.
good luck

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silverpig   06-02-2004 at 07:22:34 PM
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I would say go with something easy to set up. Mandrake has always just "worked" for me right away. Its setup is very simple as well. If you can install windows, you can install mandrake :)

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thorthemighty   06-02-2004 at 09:35:53 PM
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I am new to linux so learning about is my main aim. I also want an easy installation so perhaps Mandrake is the way to go.

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silverpig   06-02-2004 at 10:12:49 PM
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It's a safe bet. You'll learn how to use the OS first. Learn where some important files are, how everything is set up etc... Once you're comfortable, then go on to gentoo or something where you get into the guts of it all.

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thorthemighty   06-03-2004 at 02:39:55 PM
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Ok. Thanks for the info.

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oab2   06-12-2004 at 06:37:20 AM
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check this out.

<A HREF="http://shell.elite.be/~bever/multiboot.html" target="_new">http://shell.elite.be/~bever/multiboot.html</A>

I have a multiboot of win98se, xp pro and fedora -- all working great together. I am using to 40gb hdd also.

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Multiboot - Win98se, Xp pro, Fedora<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by oab2 on 06/12/04 00:39 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

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