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Old 02-24-2008, 02:01 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default triple boot with linux

I have Windoze xp and suse as a dual boot system right now. All i want to do is put another linux distro (say fedora core) and triple boot my system.
now i tried many ways and i always end up having the latest installed linux and losing the one installed before it. i tried fiddling with grub but i am still a noob and i am not able to get the two linux distros on my grub.
even if i try to give them a valid path...it says that partition is not mounted during boot and hence it cannot access the boot images and initrd.
please help me as i have been stuck with this problem for a long time....
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What i'd do is create the two linux partitions before you install. So use gparted or whatever partition program you want.

Then when you go to install, use the manual setting and choose the specific partition. Don't get the names mixed up when installing.
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Have you tried reinstalling both operating systems with the according partitions?
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Default Re: triple boot with linux

This a problem that most distros have. They configure Grub with an entry for their system and one for windows, but not for other distros, which is stupid in my opinion. The only distro that I know that "creates" the Grub menu with all SOs installed in the machine is Ubuntu.
If you don't want to install Ubuntu you need to configure Grub manually and add the missing SOs.
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