triple boot

[enyaw]

Hi, I have a question. If I wanted to setup a triple boot system, let's say the drive is 320g. What sequence should I set the os's

1) xp
2) win 7
3) kubuntu

who should be first and who should be last in terms of less hassles? I mean partioning etc. And which bootloader wants to be boss etc

thanks,

 

[Larry_Fyne]

Why don't you download the free version of VMWare and setup virtual machines on an XP host? You can run all three at the same time. Make sure you have enough RAM for it.

 

[Cassini]

I haven't tried multi-booting with Windows 7 yet, but I would try:

1) xp (always install xp first)
2) win 7
3) kubuntu

Make sure you select the install drive letter in Windows XP and put it far away from the main boot partition. I think on my multi-boot machine, XP is on E:, Vista is on C: drive, and ubuntu doesn't care about drive letters.

 

[enyaw]

I don't really like virtual/emulating an os. And it's a damn resource hog. Good sugg though.

thanks so far,

 

[WoodPeckr]

I haven't triple booted yet but would also go in this order:

1) xp (always install xp first)
2) win 7
3) kubuntu

If you use default grub bootloader kubuntu will boot first by default unless you manually select either of the others. It's best to leave it this way.

I prefer this over VMWare which is as you note is quite a resource hog, unless you have a massive amount of RAM.