lost666 Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 HI, i'm new here and i have a question I'm waiting for my new notebook and i've seen that it can run os x, can i set 3 os (win, os x and linux)? Which bootloader should i use? Thx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13676-win-os-x-linux-on-the-same-machine/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
enb14 Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 HI, i'm new here and i have a question I'm waiting for my new notebook and i've seen that it can run os x, can i set 3 os (win, os x and linux)? Which bootloader should i use? Thx 1 - First you need to create three primary partitions 2 - Install Windows 3 - Install Linux 4 - install grub on the same partition you've installed linux not in the MBR 5 - Install mac OSx Use Mac OSx boot loader Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13676-win-os-x-linux-on-the-same-machine/#findComment-87088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrrjrr Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 This worked for me: Installed Windows first, normal install. Installed Fedora Core Linux next, and told it to use grub as the bootloader and to install grub to the MBR. Installed OS X last, to an empty pre-made partition, so it did not muck with grub in the MBR. Set up the grub.conf file in Linux to boot each of three systems. No extra files are required. And another thing to consider . . . Lots of Linux versions are now supporting LVM by default. This gives it an area of the drive to work with and it can make logical volumes within that as needed. So you can start with a small volume for say /home and enlarge it later without needing a special utility or losing any data. But the addins to Windows that let you access Linux partitions from Windows (very convenient) don't seem to know how to work with LVM at all, so I would recommend not using LVM in a multi-boot environment. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13676-win-os-x-linux-on-the-same-machine/#findComment-87089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 Well The easiest think is Darwin boot loader, you just have to install MAC OSX last of everything... Never use GRUB or LILO it's {censored}... I my self use FEdora, mandrake, PClinux,Suse, PC-BSD,WinXP, Slax,MacOSX on one machine using boot.ini I use darwin for MAC and PC-BSD only, guided by Boot.ini Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13676-win-os-x-linux-on-the-same-machine/#findComment-87136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandr Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 .....using boot.ini .... question- how? can you post your boot.ini content? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13676-win-os-x-linux-on-the-same-machine/#findComment-87167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie Posted April 2, 2006 Share Posted April 2, 2006 Well for MAc OSX I use the chain0 placed on my windows drive (usually C) c:\chain0="Mac OS x86" for linux I just install boot loader in every partition each distro is installed and with a linux live cd I use the DD comand to export the master boot records to a floppy or a writable disk.. like.. "dd if=/dev/hda3 of=/mnt/floppy/suse.mbr bs=512 count=1" and I place it to my windows drive.. the same applies with the others linux OS... you can use bootsect.lnx instead of .mbr, so my boot.ini after my windows looks something like that: c:\chai0="MAC" c:\pclinux.mbr="PCLinux OS" c:\suse.mbr="SuSE" and go on and on.. I had problems with PC-BSD tha's why I boot it from darwin.. Of course my system it's a complicated with Raid 1+0 and troubles most of linux distros and BSD.. Ther is a program called bootpart. it's free you can try it to do that, extract the boot sectors and writes in the boot.ini by itself... I hope to be usefull.... bootpa26.zip Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/13676-win-os-x-linux-on-the-same-machine/#findComment-87426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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