Please advice me for my second install :) (multi-boots)

[JustinAiken]

Okay, so about 7 months ago I installed Leo4All V3 on my machine, and it's been pretty smooth sailing, except for the 10.5.6 update, which took a lot of kext replacing and stuff to fix.

 

But today I got a new video card, and it's bricked my install - and I got a virus in my Windows XP install, and my Windows Vista partition is dissappeared, so I no longer have a working operating system

 

 

I'm going to start from scratch, but I think the osx86 scene has changed alot since I did it - it looks like more people have Leopard and Windows on the same drive successfully (my windows were on one drive, my leopard was on another), there's alot of talk about EFI and boot-132 and stuff I don't quite get, and on the front page of insanelymac there's a new graphical version of Chameleon that looks awesome.

 

So I'm asking for some advice before I redo my machine.

 

1) What I want is to partition one 300 GB hard drive into a 50 GB partion for windows XP, a 50 GB partition for Windows 7 (don't want to install it yet, but want to have the option), a 100 GB partition for Leopard, and another 100GB partition for Leopard - I want seperate installs for work and play. Is this possible to do?

 

2) What's the best way to install/best install to use now?

 

3) I want to back up my iCal... where do I find that file?

 

4) How do I get that graphical bootscreen, so I can choose between the different OSes?

EDIT - Nevermind, just looked closer at that article and saw that it's not available yet. But I still would like some help being able to boot all 4 off the same drive!

 

Anyone that can help me, I'd really appreciate it! I'm not a total noob, I can install kexts and things, I just don't know where to begin now.

 

SYSTEM:

 

Abit IP35Pro motherboard

8GB OCZ DDR2 ram

Intel Q6600 (cooled by artic freezer pro 7

8800GT

8500GT (need a second graphics card so I can use my third monitor - adding this w/ EFIstudio is what bricked my install)

A lot of SATA drives

[lord_webi]

3 systems on one hd I would never suggest ! Easiest and secure/stable way is one hd for win and one for Leo. If you kept your old Leo hd/partition, than buy a new small hd and you can migrate all the stuff you did on your old osx, after installing a new Leo with one single klick ! On the other hd install your Win and choose your OS by using your motherboards bios or boot option until the new Chameleon bootloader (graphical boot) is final,which should be in a few weeks ...