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Just for reference, XP (partition 0), Vista (partition 1), and iATKOS 10.5.1 (partition 2) are all on Disk 0 (an internal hard drive), and Ubuntu (partition 0) is on Disk 1 (an external hard drive). I would like to replace 10.5.1 with 10.5.4 by way of reformatting the 10.5.1 partition the same way (Mac OS X Journaled Extended) for 10.5.4, but after flagging the partition, the XP, Vista, and Ubuntu main boot files are all missing or corrupted, so following is what I will probably try to do in order to successfully get a quad boot working with 10.5.4. I would appreciate any feedback if this should work fine and/or if I should change some of the steps mentioned below. OK, here is my plan.

 

1. Install XP

 

2. Install Vista

 

3. Install Ubuntu

 

4. Install iATKOS 10.5.1

 

5. Flag iATKOS partition, then remove disc drive after rebooting.

 

6. Boot into XP.

 

7. Drag Chain0 file from iATKOS DVD to C: drive of XP, then use EasyBCD to add Vista bootloader option for Leopard partiton (make sure it is x86 generic PC)

 

8. It all works, now for replacing 10.5.1 with 10.5.4

 

9. Boot from 10.5.4 DVD into Darwin

 

10. Press F8, then type -v, then hit Enter

 

11. Reformat the 10.5.1 partition as the same format (Mac OS X Journaled Extended)

 

12. Install 10.5.4

 

13. Back in Darwin: Press F8, type -s, and hit Enter

 

14. Flag the partition, then reboot.

 

15. After this, XP's, Vista's, and Ubuntu's main boot files are corrupted, so then.

 

16. Reboot with the iATKOS 10.5.4 DVD, press F8, type -s, hit Enter.

 

17. Type fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0

 

flag 0

 

18. Reboot, but with XP disc in drive (make sure BIOS can boot from CD).

 

19. Press key when prompted

 

20. In menu, Press R

 

21. Press 1, then Enter.

 

22. Type Password if necessary

 

23. Do the following command: copy d:\i386\ntldr c:\

 

24. Then do this: copy d:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

 

25. Reboot, but with iATKOS 10.5.4 DVD in disc drive.

 

26. Darwin, then press F8, type -s, and hit Enter.

 

27. Type fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0

 

flag 2

update

write

reboot

 

28. Reboot back into Darwin, press F8, type -s, hit Enter.

 

29. Type fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0

flag 1

 

30. Reboot, but with Vista DVD in disc drive.

 

31. Select Repair My Computer

 

32. Continue at next screen

 

33. Click Startup Repair

 

34. Let it run

 

35. Reboot, but with iATKOS 10.5.4 DVD in disc drive.

 

36. Darwin, press F8, type -s, hit Enter.

 

37. Type fdisk -e /dev/rdisk0

 

flag 2

 

update

 

write

 

reboot

 

38. Remove disc from drive, boot into XP

 

39. In XP, with external hard drive (Disk 1) hooked up, copy wubildr and wudildr.mbr files (in root directory of C: drive) to root directory of F: drive (the external hard drive), thus overwriting the originals files of the same name in the F: drive.

 

40. In EasyBCD (still in XP), remove Vista bootloader option for x86 Generic PC, then recreate a bootloader option for x86 Generic PC. Also, drag Chain0 file from 10.5.4 DVD to C: drive, thus overwriting the one from 10.5.1.

 

41. XP SP3, Vista XP1, Ubuntu 8.04.1 Hardy Heron, and Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4: One Heck of a Quad Boot.

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