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Hmm...triple boot possible?

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abhi_10_20
abhi_10_20 Original post #1
Sep 14, 2007 at 7:53 PM
ok.....we can have a dual boot for Wnidows XP and Vista...

i have a Grub dual boot of XP and Fedora 7...and also want to have Vista too.....

i am just thinking if it is possible or not....... is it possible?
RCuber
RCuber #2
Sep 14, 2007 at 8:04 PM
:O yes of course. You can have more than 3 OS running.
Gigacore
Sep 14, 2007 at 8:14 PM
Oh yeah buddy... u can.... once i had 5 OS installed... (2 linux, 3 Windows)
aditya.shevade
Sep 14, 2007 at 9:28 PM
^^ I don't remember who, but we have a member in this forum who has tried 8 different OS at one time. Octa boot.....
abhi_10_20
Sep 14, 2007 at 9:44 PM
whoa...:shock:...cud anyone help me out.....
wanna install vista on Xp and Fedora....hmm....do i have to remove fedora, install vista, and then again fedora...???:confused:
QwertyManiac
Sep 14, 2007 at 9:46 PM
Install Vista and then install GRUB again. No need to remove OS and reinstall etc.
abhi_10_20
Sep 14, 2007 at 9:58 PM
^^^ ok...install vista....now GRUB gets masked off...then...do we have any s/w to again install only GRUB?
QwertyManiac
Sep 14, 2007 at 10:09 PM
It is easy if you have the Fedora rescue disk/mode. You just have to ask it to restore your GRUB :)

A.K.A :
Code:
linux rescue
chroot /mnt/sysimage
grub-install /dev/hda (or sda, whichever is your HDD name)