BionicRage Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 i have a 120 and 160 eide drives. if i get mac and xp on the 120 can i get unbuntu on the 160?? if so any of you know how to set it up?? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11558-possible-to-throw-linux-into-the-mix/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 i have a 120 and 160 eide drives. if i get mac and xp on the 120 can i get unbuntu on the 160?? if so any of you know how to set it up?? It works, all you have to do is setup the bootloader (Grub or Lilo) you installed with your distro. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11558-possible-to-throw-linux-into-the-mix/#findComment-72532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dastrom Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 i have a 120 and 160 eide drives. if i get mac and xp on the 120 can i get unbuntu on the 160?? if so any of you know how to set it up?? Yep - I have OSx86 10.4.5 and Ubuntu Dapper Flight 4 on one drive and Windows XP Pro on another drive and can boot into which ever one I want using Grub that installs with Ubuntu. When Grub installed - for some reason it didn't recognize Windows XP or OSx86 on my system. It may on your system. Install Ubuntu When booted into Ubuntu - go to applications/accessories/terminal, in the terminal type - sudo gedit (it will ask for your password) When gedit starts up click on open. On the left side of the window double click on File System then on the right part of the window double click on the boot folder, then the grub folder. Open menu.lst When menu.lst opens scroll down to the bottom and under the part that says ##END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST add title OSX86 root (hd1,0) chainloader +1 Change root (hd1,0) with your OSX86 partition! Your master disk is hd0 the slave would be hd1. The number after the , is the partition so (hd0,0) is the master disk,first partition, (hd0,1) is the master disk,second partition, (hd1,0) would be slave disk,first partition, (hd1,1) would be slave disk,second partition etc If grub didn't pickup the windows xp then add after the osx part title Windows XP root (h0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 Again - change (hd0,0) to your xp partition click on save and you are set. Reboot and you may have to hit escape when you see the grup load to see the menu. If you miss it it will boot into Ubuntu. I think the default is 3 seconds to hit esc. Good luck! If you have trouble installing Ubuntu - let me know! dastrom Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11558-possible-to-throw-linux-into-the-mix/#findComment-72931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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