Triple Boot Windows XP, Fedora 9 and Ubuntu 8.04
With the latest Ubuntu 8.04 desktop version, Triple boot with Windows XP, Fedora and Ubuntu is easy.
Q. How to triple boot Windows XP, Fedora and Ubuntu on a single PC?
A. With the latest Ubuntu 8.04 desktop version, Triple boot with Windows XP, Fedora and Ubuntu is as easy as ABC.
1. Make a partition for Windows XP (SP2) which is about 2/3 size of the whole hard drive;
2. Install Windows XP into it;
3. Install Fedora 9 into the remaining space of the hard drive;
(* Now you can dual boot with both Windows XP and Fedora 8, grub loader *)
4. Now boot up from Windows XP, after it has loaded insert the Ubuntu 8.04 desktop installation CD, the installation prompt (GUI) will pop up. Follow the on-screen instruction to install the Ubuntu 8.04 into the machine within Windows environment (Thank Ubuntu for this genius design!), the triple boot PC is born!
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No configurations are needed (of course we can always modify the grub.conf file under both Fedora and Ubuntu (menu.lst), I can even manage the boot configuration under Windows XP between Windows and Ubuntu).
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The only limitation is:
Under the size choices of Ubuntu space (when install it within Windows XP), the maximum option for Ubuntu is only 30GB. But I believe we can always mount an extra space outside of the partition as long as there are extra spaces available (I have not tried yet).
UPDATE:Wubi installer can be used for Triple booting with the old versions of Ubuntu.
Source: linux-talkz
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