Triple boot FC3 intallation question
James Wilkinson
james at westexe.demon.co.uk
Wed Jan 26 17:41:33 UTC 2005
I suggested:
> Or if you add something like these two stanzas to /boot/grub/grub.conf,
> you should be able to boot all three OSes from grub. [1]
>
> title Windows 2000
> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> chainloader +1
> title Windows ME
> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> chainloader /bootsect.dos
Bob Brennan wrote:
> When I installed Win2k alongside ME many moons ago I did let the Win2k
> installer do it's stuff, choosing not to upgrade ME but keep it as a
> 2nd OS. The result is ME in a C:Windows\ folder and Win2k in C:WINNT\
> but all else shared. I assume there is only the one partition for both
> but will confirm that tonight when I Partition-Magic some empty space
> for FC3 to do its thing.
>
> Do the above grub.conf modifications apply if I verify there is
> currently only one DOS partition?
Should do. You should find that Fedora puts the Windows 2000 option
there anyway.
> Also - when I Partition-Magic I will create a vfat virtual partition
> (as I have done successfully in past for clean DOS/Linux file
> sharing), will that affect the grub.conf lines?
Shouldn't do: that's what I've got set up.
James.
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