skierguy Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Hi, and thanks for the great forum! I have Vista and Ubuntu 7.10 currently installed on my PC, and am considering trying installing OSX86. I have a Core 2 Duo processor, the computer is: HP Pavilion 1654n So I think the Kalyway patched 10.5.1 OSX86 Install DVD is the most reliable, but correct me if I am wrong. My question: how do I keep the Ubuntu GRUB bootloader, and not permit the OSX86 installation to install its own bootloader. (I want to triple boot) I haven't tried installing yet, because I don't want to take uneccesary chances... I am planning to install OSX86 on a different SATA drive than Windows and Linux are on. Thanks for helping a NOOB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skierguy Posted March 8, 2008 Author Share Posted March 8, 2008 Can someone help me?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubombmimac Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 yes use kalyway and then make sure to click customize and not choose any bootloaders... Neither mbr nor guid after that u should be able to keep grub, make sure u have an extra partition though. Then dont play around with the mbr , tri boot is very unstable (most of the time) i tried it and had to reinstall my leopard tell us if it works.. good luk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skierguy Posted March 8, 2008 Author Share Posted March 8, 2008 make sure u have an extra partition though What do you mean by this? I know not to overwrite my Vista/Ubuntu partitions, if thats what you mean... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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eternal404 Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 I'm exactly in the same case, using both Mandriva and Windows and about to install Mac OS. Since I wanna keep grub, ill try to follow your advices. But I'm on a laptop, and I read somewhere that you cant install Mac OS on the same hard drive as xp/linux, even if there are different partitions. Is this true ? Otherwise, is it possible to put Mac OS on an external drive ? Thanks Youri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meknb Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 I'm using easybcd to boot my vista,linux(backtrack),osx86.I didnt write my linux(using lilo) to the mbr and then used easybcd (neogrub) point to my linux install.Get a copy of superGrub in case of can help boot into linux and windows if things go wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsbelgium Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 how to work with neogrub , is the a easy and noob friendly guid vista and osx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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