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Tri-boot question...

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teknodude

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Ok, basically I want to set up my machine to be tri-boot with Windows XP, Windows 98SE and Mandrake Linux 8.1.

My current setup is a 40GB HDD partitioned into 3:

- Partition 1: Windows 98SE (FAT32, 10GB)
- Partition 2: Win98 Program Files etc. (FAT32, 15GB)
- Partition 3: Mandrake Linux 8.1 (ext2, 15GB)

I would like to then add another HDD (say a 20GB drive) and put WinXP on that. Win98 will be the default OS still, and so WinXP will be on drive F (I will format the new HDD as FAT32 and keep it as one partition).

For bootup I'm currently using LILO, but I plan on switching to a 3rd-party bootup manager. Will I be able to do all of this OK, or are there any problems I have unforseen?

TIA for any help,

Simon
 
I think it should be fine just with LILO, if you want to save a little trouble. When you install XP, it should detect 98 and put the NT loader in the 98 boot partition (C🙂. (I think it should detect 98, but admittedly I haven't tried it with XP on a separate drive). Then you have two choices: 1) follow the AT FAQ by dd'ing the linux bootsector in order to boot using the NT loader, or 2) install LILO to the linux partition boot sector and set the linux partition as bootable instead of 98 - then use LILO to chain-boot the NT loader.

Note that when you install XP, it will probably wipe LILO, so you'll want a bootdisk of some sort in order to get back in and sort things out.
 
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