RE: Triple boot
I am up and running: Installed XP Pro (30 GB) Installed VISTA Ultimate (20 GB) Installed Ubuntu 8.04 (15 GB OS, 5 GB swap) I am now able to triple boot my laptop, with no problems. Let the fun begin! Thanks to all. -Dave -Original Message- From: Peter van Houten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 7:59 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Triple boot Agreed [if you want a messy mixture of the Vista and Grub boot loaders]. I needed a clean, easily *modifiable* system; I would have preferred to use the free Grub approach but could not integrate all the operating systems I required. Acronis OS Selector achieved that. I said that Vista was forthright, not particular. forth·right [adj.] 1. Direct and without evasion; straightforward. 2. Proceeding straight ahead. i.e. Vista and XP, to a lesser extent, do not allow the efficient management of partitions as one is able to do in Grub and Acronis. Moral of the story: Whatever floats your boat. On the 04/10/2008 14:24, Ken Schaefer wrote the following: Huh? Install XP Install Vista - it will recognise the prior operating system and add it to the MS bootloader. Not sure what you mean by Vista being particular about installation demands - it's not different to any other OS Install Ubuntu. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Peter van Houten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 4 October 2008 8:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Triple boot David, I needed a laptop with multiple operating systems for portable support work and I experimented for about a week until I managed to get the configuration below to work. I initially tried every free route and almost gave up on the project even after resigning myself to using Acronis OS Selector. Even that needed a lot of fiddling. I must warn you, it is not for the faint hearted and I can't guarantee it will work for you. Vista, in particular is quite forthright in its installation demands! The procedure listed below your message... *From:* David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, October 03, 2008 4:55 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Triple boot I would like to be able to triple boot my machine: Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Ultimate Ubuntu (latest version) What is the best way to do this? My hard drive is 80GB I assume Gparted is the best utility to create the the partions - and start from there? Any direction to get me started is appreciated. Thx Making a multiple boot system using Acronis OS Selector -- Using the following operating system and data partitions: . Windows Vista SP1 . Windows XP SP3 . Kubuntu Linux 8.04 . FreeBSD 7.0 . Linux/Unix swap . NTFS data PC operating systems use a hard disk drive divided up into a number of partitions. Only 4 PRIMARY partitions are allowed. It is possible to use EXTENDED partitions which can contain numerous LOGICAL partitions to create more than 4 partitions. The physical disk is divided up into cylinders, heads and sectors (c/h/s) and each head covers a track of 63 sectors (sector 1 to 63). The first sector of the disk 0/0/1 contains the MBR (Master Boot Record) and the partition table with the layout of the disk. The remainder of this track (up to and including the last sector 63 is normally not used but for our purposes, it is used by Acronis to store the OS Selector boot loader code. The first partition created will start at 0/1/1 1. Boot from the Linux or FreeBSD CD and create a small primary partition, say 100MB, as /dev/sda1 and format as FAT32. This will be used to store the Acronis OS Selector programs and data. Using FAT32 format allows us to access the partition from DOS, if needed, in case of catastrophe. Acronis allows one to use a Windows partition to store this data but knowing Windows, I would prefer to keep it completely separate. It also allows us to add and delete partitions at a later stage without disturbing the code. 2. Boot from the Vista DVD and create the next partition for Vista. Use whatever disk space is needed but bear in mind that Vista (as well as XP, Linux and FreeBSD) will use the last NTFS partition to store data, so the program partition does not need to be too large, so I chose 20GB. Vista tends to rewrite the MBR and boot sectors, which is why we install it first. 3. Boot from the Linux CD and run GpartEd. Check that the first two partitions are /dev/sda1 (100MB) and /dev/sda2 (20GB). Create the next partition (/dev/sda3) for Windows XP as NTFS and bear in mind the sizing constraints as per the Vista install. (We cannot directly install XP as the install process would overwrite our MBR and system boot sectors, so we will use a partition copy later on). 4. Create the fourth primary partition (/dev/sda4) as an extended
Re: Triple boot
Agreed [if you want a messy mixture of the Vista and Grub boot loaders]. I needed a clean, easily *modifiable* system; I would have preferred to use the free Grub approach but could not integrate all the operating systems I required. Acronis OS Selector achieved that. I said that Vista was forthright, not particular. forth·right [adj.] 1. Direct and without evasion; straightforward. 2. Proceeding straight ahead. i.e. Vista and XP, to a lesser extent, do not allow the efficient management of partitions as one is able to do in Grub and Acronis. Moral of the story: Whatever floats your boat. On the 04/10/2008 14:24, Ken Schaefer wrote the following: Huh? Install XP Install Vista - it will recognise the prior operating system and add it to the MS bootloader. Not sure what you mean by Vista being particular about installation demands - it's not different to any other OS Install Ubuntu. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Peter van Houten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 4 October 2008 8:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Triple boot David, I needed a laptop with multiple operating systems for portable support work and I experimented for about a week until I managed to get the configuration below to work. I initially tried every free route and almost gave up on the project even after resigning myself to using Acronis OS Selector. Even that needed a lot of fiddling. I must warn you, it is not for the faint hearted and I can't guarantee it will work for you. Vista, in particular is quite forthright in its installation demands! The procedure listed below your message... *From:* David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, October 03, 2008 4:55 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Triple boot I would like to be able to triple boot my machine: Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Ultimate Ubuntu (latest version) What is the best way to do this? My hard drive is 80GB I assume Gparted is the best utility to create the the partions - and start from there? Any direction to get me started is appreciated. Thx Making a multiple boot system using Acronis OS Selector -- Using the following operating system and data partitions: . Windows Vista SP1 . Windows XP SP3 . Kubuntu Linux 8.04 . FreeBSD 7.0 . Linux/Unix swap . NTFS data PC operating systems use a hard disk drive divided up into a number of partitions. Only 4 PRIMARY partitions are allowed. It is possible to use EXTENDED partitions which can contain numerous LOGICAL partitions to create more than 4 partitions. The physical disk is divided up into cylinders, heads and sectors (c/h/s) and each head covers a track of 63 sectors (sector 1 to 63). The first sector of the disk 0/0/1 contains the MBR (Master Boot Record) and the partition table with the layout of the disk. The remainder of this track (up to and including the last sector 63 is normally not used but for our purposes, it is used by Acronis to store the OS Selector boot loader code. The first partition created will start at 0/1/1 1. Boot from the Linux or FreeBSD CD and create a small primary partition, say 100MB, as /dev/sda1 and format as FAT32. This will be used to store the Acronis OS Selector programs and data. Using FAT32 format allows us to access the partition from DOS, if needed, in case of catastrophe. Acronis allows one to use a Windows partition to store this data but knowing Windows, I would prefer to keep it completely separate. It also allows us to add and delete partitions at a later stage without disturbing the code. 2. Boot from the Vista DVD and create the next partition for Vista. Use whatever disk space is needed but bear in mind that Vista (as well as XP, Linux and FreeBSD) will use the last NTFS partition to store data, so the program partition does not need to be too large, so I chose 20GB. Vista tends to rewrite the MBR and boot sectors, which is why we install it first. 3. Boot from the Linux CD and run GpartEd. Check that the first two partitions are /dev/sda1 (100MB) and /dev/sda2 (20GB). Create the next partition (/dev/sda3) for Windows XP as NTFS and bear in mind the sizing constraints as per the Vista install. (We cannot directly install XP as the install process would overwrite our MBR and system boot sectors, so we will use a partition copy later on). 4. Create the fourth primary partition (/dev/sda4) as an extended partition. (This will contain the remainder of the logical partitions we require). Use all the remaining space on the disk. Within this extended partition, create an EXT3 partition (/dev/sda5) for Linux and a partition (/dev/sda6) for FreeBSD Unix. Make sure the mount points are set as /. Use whatever size is required (I used 10GB each) Create ONE swap partition (/dev/sda7) for Linux and Unix and the rule of thumb is 2 x RAM, so I used 2,048MB. Lastly, create a data partition (/dev/sda8) for all the operating
RE: Triple boot
I've done this and as others have said, the only order to install the OS's is XP, Vista, Ubuntu. If you install Vista first than XP won't recognize the Vista partition and if you install Ubuntu before either Microsoft product then you won't be able to boot into Ubuntu because Microsoft takes over the MBR. Scott Lijewski Applications Developer Memorial Medical Center 231-845-3602 _ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 4:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Triple boot I would like to be able to triple boot my machine: Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Ultimate Ubuntu (latest version) What is the best way to do this? My hard drive is 80GB I assume Gparted is the best utility to create the the partions - and start from there? Any direction to get me started is appreciated. Thx ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Triple boot
Huh? Install XP Install Vista - it will recognise the prior operating system and add it to the MS bootloader. Not sure what you mean by Vista being particular about installation demands - it's not different to any other OS Install Ubuntu. Cheers Ken -Original Message- From: Peter van Houten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 4 October 2008 8:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Triple boot David, I needed a laptop with multiple operating systems for portable support work and I experimented for about a week until I managed to get the configuration below to work. I initially tried every free route and almost gave up on the project even after resigning myself to using Acronis OS Selector. Even that needed a lot of fiddling. I must warn you, it is not for the faint hearted and I can't guarantee it will work for you. Vista, in particular is quite forthright in its installation demands! The procedure listed below your message... *From:* David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, October 03, 2008 4:55 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Triple boot I would like to be able to triple boot my machine: Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Ultimate Ubuntu (latest version) What is the best way to do this? My hard drive is 80GB I assume Gparted is the best utility to create the the partions - and start from there? Any direction to get me started is appreciated. Thx Making a multiple boot system using Acronis OS Selector -- Using the following operating system and data partitions: . Windows Vista SP1 . Windows XP SP3 . Kubuntu Linux 8.04 . FreeBSD 7.0 . Linux/Unix swap . NTFS data PC operating systems use a hard disk drive divided up into a number of partitions. Only 4 PRIMARY partitions are allowed. It is possible to use EXTENDED partitions which can contain numerous LOGICAL partitions to create more than 4 partitions. The physical disk is divided up into cylinders, heads and sectors (c/h/s) and each head covers a track of 63 sectors (sector 1 to 63). The first sector of the disk 0/0/1 contains the MBR (Master Boot Record) and the partition table with the layout of the disk. The remainder of this track (up to and including the last sector 63 is normally not used but for our purposes, it is used by Acronis to store the OS Selector boot loader code. The first partition created will start at 0/1/1 1. Boot from the Linux or FreeBSD CD and create a small primary partition, say 100MB, as /dev/sda1 and format as FAT32. This will be used to store the Acronis OS Selector programs and data. Using FAT32 format allows us to access the partition from DOS, if needed, in case of catastrophe. Acronis allows one to use a Windows partition to store this data but knowing Windows, I would prefer to keep it completely separate. It also allows us to add and delete partitions at a later stage without disturbing the code. 2. Boot from the Vista DVD and create the next partition for Vista. Use whatever disk space is needed but bear in mind that Vista (as well as XP, Linux and FreeBSD) will use the last NTFS partition to store data, so the program partition does not need to be too large, so I chose 20GB. Vista tends to rewrite the MBR and boot sectors, which is why we install it first. 3. Boot from the Linux CD and run GpartEd. Check that the first two partitions are /dev/sda1 (100MB) and /dev/sda2 (20GB). Create the next partition (/dev/sda3) for Windows XP as NTFS and bear in mind the sizing constraints as per the Vista install. (We cannot directly install XP as the install process would overwrite our MBR and system boot sectors, so we will use a partition copy later on). 4. Create the fourth primary partition (/dev/sda4) as an extended partition. (This will contain the remainder of the logical partitions we require). Use all the remaining space on the disk. Within this extended partition, create an EXT3 partition (/dev/sda5) for Linux and a partition (/dev/sda6) for FreeBSD Unix. Make sure the mount points are set as /. Use whatever size is required (I used 10GB each) Create ONE swap partition (/dev/sda7) for Linux and Unix and the rule of thumb is 2 x RAM, so I used 2,048MB. Lastly, create a data partition (/dev/sda8) for all the operating systems using the remainder of the space. All the operating systems can read and write NTFS, so use this format to prepare the last partition. 5. Install Linux to the first EXT partition but make sure that under advanced settings in the partitioning section, you select the boot record to go into the Linux partition and NOT to the MBR! 6. Boot the system (it will automatically go into Vista as there isn't anything in the MBR to tell it otherwise). Install Acronis Disk Director and make sure it goes into the very first FAT32 partition. Choose to load the OS
RE: Triple boot
Run HyperV and virtualize them all! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 4:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Triple boot I would like to be able to triple boot my machine: Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Ultimate Ubuntu (latest version) What is the best way to do this? My hard drive is 80GB I assume Gparted is the best utility to create the the partions - and start from there? Any direction to get me started is appreciated. Thx CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Triple boot
Eh, personally, I'd install XP, then Vista, then Ubuntu. Ubuntu will then see the other OS's, and list them in its boot manager at startup. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 15:55 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Triple boot I would like to be able to triple boot my machine: Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Ultimate Ubuntu (latest version) What is the best way to do this? My hard drive is 80GB I assume Gparted is the best utility to create the the partions - and start from there? Any direction to get me started is appreciated. Thx ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Triple boot
Actually, I've found that Ubuntu doesn't like to be ran in a virtual machine. It was a pain to get it to do so. But after I did, I couldn't get any of the advanced features to work. I'd just install it directly to a computer. J Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 15:55 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Triple boot Run HyperV and virtualize them all! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 4:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Triple boot I would like to be able to triple boot my machine: Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Ultimate Ubuntu (latest version) What is the best way to do this? My hard drive is 80GB I assume Gparted is the best utility to create the the partions - and start from there? Any direction to get me started is appreciated. Thx _ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Triple boot
Running on HyperV or ESX??? I'm still getting a handle on this but we're strictly VMWare right now. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 4:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Triple boot Actually, I've found that Ubuntu doesn't like to be ran in a virtual machine. It was a pain to get it to do so. But after I did, I couldn't get any of the advanced features to work. I'd just install it directly to a computer. :) Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 15:55 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Triple boot Run HyperV and virtualize them all! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 4:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Triple boot I would like to be able to triple boot my machine: Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Ultimate Ubuntu (latest version) What is the best way to do this? My hard drive is 80GB I assume Gparted is the best utility to create the the partions - and start from there? Any direction to get me started is appreciated. Thx CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Triple boot
Check Lifehacker. I remember they had a good post on this a while back... From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Triple boot I would like to be able to triple boot my machine: Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Ultimate Ubuntu (latest version) What is the best way to do this? My hard drive is 80GB I assume Gparted is the best utility to create the the partions - and start from there? Any direction to get me started is appreciated. Thx ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Triple boot
ESX. Haven't given it a shot on HyperV. Eh, maybe something I'll kick on over the weekend, just to check. Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 16:02 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Triple boot Running on HyperV or ESX??? I'm still getting a handle on this but we're strictly VMWare right now. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 4:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Triple boot Actually, I've found that Ubuntu doesn't like to be ran in a virtual machine. It was a pain to get it to do so. But after I did, I couldn't get any of the advanced features to work. I'd just install it directly to a computer. J Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 15:55 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Triple boot Run HyperV and virtualize them all! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 4:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Triple boot I would like to be able to triple boot my machine: Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Ultimate Ubuntu (latest version) What is the best way to do this? My hard drive is 80GB I assume Gparted is the best utility to create the the partions - and start from there? Any direction to get me started is appreciated. Thx _ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. _ CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Triple boot
Thx all This should keep me busy this weekend... From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 5:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Triple boot Check Lifehacker. I remember they had a good post on this a while back... From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Triple boot I would like to be able to triple boot my machine: Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Ultimate Ubuntu (latest version) What is the best way to do this? My hard drive is 80GB I assume Gparted is the best utility to create the the partions - and start from there? Any direction to get me started is appreciated. Thx ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Triple boot
A quick google brought up a number of options...this being the one I would follow... Install XP, then Vista, then Linux... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=220452 On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:55 PM, David Mazzaccaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to be able to triple boot my machine: Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Ultimate Ubuntu (latest version) What is the best way to do this? My hard drive is 80GB I assume Gparted is the best utility to create the the partions - and start from there? Any direction to get me started is appreciated. Thx ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Triple boot
Agreed. Ubuntu on VMware doesn't streamline well with the system. You totally feel like you are in an emulator and nothing coordinates well with the hardware. Especially on a laptop, that's important. From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 3:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Triple boot Actually, I've found that Ubuntu doesn't like to be ran in a virtual machine. It was a pain to get it to do so. But after I did, I couldn't get any of the advanced features to work. I'd just install it directly to a computer. J Christopher J. Bosak Vector Company c. 847.603.4673 [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue. - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 15:55 hrs To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Triple boot Run HyperV and virtualize them all! John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393-2746 MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 4:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Triple boot I would like to be able to triple boot my machine: Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Ultimate Ubuntu (latest version) What is the best way to do this? My hard drive is 80GB I assume Gparted is the best utility to create the the partions - and start from there? Any direction to get me started is appreciated. Thx CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil and/or criminal penalties. Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
RE: Triple boot
Very nice written procedure From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 4:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Triple boot A quick google brought up a number of options...this being the one I would follow... Install XP, then Vista, then Linux... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=220452 On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:55 PM, David Mazzaccaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to be able to triple boot my machine: Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Ultimate Ubuntu (latest version) What is the best way to do this? My hard drive is 80GB I assume Gparted is the best utility to create the the partions - and start from there? Any direction to get me started is appreciated. Thx This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/ ~
Re: Triple boot
David, I needed a laptop with multiple operating systems for portable support work and I experimented for about a week until I managed to get the configuration below to work. I initially tried every free route and almost gave up on the project even after resigning myself to using Acronis OS Selector. Even that needed a lot of fiddling. I must warn you, it is not for the faint hearted and I can't guarantee it will work for you. Vista, in particular is quite forthright in its installation demands! The procedure listed below your message... *From:* David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Friday, October 03, 2008 4:55 PM *To:* NT System Admin Issues *Subject:* Triple boot I would like to be able to triple boot my machine: Windows XP Professional Windows Vista Ultimate Ubuntu (latest version) What is the best way to do this? My hard drive is 80GB I assume Gparted is the best utility to create the the partions - and start from there? Any direction to get me started is appreciated. Thx Making a multiple boot system using Acronis OS Selector -- Using the following operating system and data partitions: . Windows Vista SP1 . Windows XP SP3 . Kubuntu Linux 8.04 . FreeBSD 7.0 . Linux/Unix swap . NTFS data PC operating systems use a hard disk drive divided up into a number of partitions. Only 4 PRIMARY partitions are allowed. It is possible to use EXTENDED partitions which can contain numerous LOGICAL partitions to create more than 4 partitions. The physical disk is divided up into cylinders, heads and sectors (c/h/s) and each head covers a track of 63 sectors (sector 1 to 63). The first sector of the disk 0/0/1 contains the MBR (Master Boot Record) and the partition table with the layout of the disk. The remainder of this track (up to and including the last sector 63 is normally not used but for our purposes, it is used by Acronis to store the OS Selector boot loader code. The first partition created will start at 0/1/1 1. Boot from the Linux or FreeBSD CD and create a small primary partition, say 100MB, as /dev/sda1 and format as FAT32. This will be used to store the Acronis OS Selector programs and data. Using FAT32 format allows us to access the partition from DOS, if needed, in case of catastrophe. Acronis allows one to use a Windows partition to store this data but knowing Windows, I would prefer to keep it completely separate. It also allows us to add and delete partitions at a later stage without disturbing the code. 2. Boot from the Vista DVD and create the next partition for Vista. Use whatever disk space is needed but bear in mind that Vista (as well as XP, Linux and FreeBSD) will use the last NTFS partition to store data, so the program partition does not need to be too large, so I chose 20GB. Vista tends to rewrite the MBR and boot sectors, which is why we install it first. 3. Boot from the Linux CD and run GpartEd. Check that the first two partitions are /dev/sda1 (100MB) and /dev/sda2 (20GB). Create the next partition (/dev/sda3) for Windows XP as NTFS and bear in mind the sizing constraints as per the Vista install. (We cannot directly install XP as the install process would overwrite our MBR and system boot sectors, so we will use a partition copy later on). 4. Create the fourth primary partition (/dev/sda4) as an extended partition. (This will contain the remainder of the logical partitions we require). Use all the remaining space on the disk. Within this extended partition, create an EXT3 partition (/dev/sda5) for Linux and a partition (/dev/sda6) for FreeBSD Unix. Make sure the mount points are set as /. Use whatever size is required (I used 10GB each) Create ONE swap partition (/dev/sda7) for Linux and Unix and the rule of thumb is 2 x RAM, so I used 2,048MB. Lastly, create a data partition (/dev/sda8) for all the operating systems using the remainder of the space. All the operating systems can read and write NTFS, so use this format to prepare the last partition. 5. Install Linux to the first EXT partition but make sure that under advanced settings in the partitioning section, you select the boot record to go into the Linux partition and NOT to the MBR! 6. Boot the system (it will automatically go into Vista as there isn't anything in the MBR to tell it otherwise). Install Acronis Disk Director and make sure it goes into the very first FAT32 partition. Choose to load the OS Selector option. 7. Reboot the system and OS Selector should start automatically, displaying Vista, Linux and floppy boot options. Boot from each to check functionality. 8. Use Acronis Trueimage to copy an existing Windows XP installation. Trueimage is unable to directly copy one partition to overwite another, so I used a USB hard drive containing an XP installation and dumped the image file on the data partition. I then ran the program again to restore
