Triple boot FC3 intallation question

Maxim Eremeev maxim_eremeev at umail.ru
Wed Jan 26 11:27:25 UTC 2005


Bob Brennan wrote:

>On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:57:14 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
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>>Bob Brennan wrote:
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>>>I have a Pentium III PC with Windows ME and Win2k Pro currently
>>>dual-booting. For reasons not important to this question I want to
>>>keep both current OS's and add FC3.
>>>
>>>I am well practised in setting up the proper partitions for such an
>>>installation but am wondering in advance if anyone knows if all 3 OS's
>>>will now be available in the FC3 boot loader, which I usually choose
>>>as the default Grub loader.
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance for advice / warnings.
>>>      
>>>
>>If you install grub in the MBR, you'll get a choice of two entries in
>>the grub menu, one for FC3 and one for DOS/Windows. When you select the
>>DOS/Windows entry, you'll get the Win2K boot menu that you currently
>>see, allowing you to choose between WinME and Win2K.
>>
>>Paul.
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>Thanks for that quick answer Paul. I will cross my fingers, take a
>deep breath, and go for it. And yes, most importantly backup anything
>important to CDR before starting.
>
>bob
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Well, at least you'll be able to recover the Windows loader through the 
recovery console (if something goes wrong).
Maxim




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