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Jan5134
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more than two operating systems?
Operating systems, Dual booting, Dual Boot, Windows XP, Mandriva Spring, SUSE
i currently have mandriva spring and windows xp on my pc. is it possible to install a third operating system and get it to boot?
i did install SUSE but i couldn't get it to boot with lilo or grub. althought i could see the partition it used.
ASKED: Feb 26 2009  2:28 PM GMT
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You might find it easier to download VMware Server and install that one one of the OSs then virtualize the other two OSs.
Last Answered: Feb 26 2009  7:21 PM GMT by Mrdenny   46795 pts.
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Petkoa   1005 pts.  |   Feb 27 2009  4:57PM GMT

Hi, Jan5134

There is no real reason to prevent booting three or more OS’es. Check again your lilo or grub configurations - mainly, are root devices set properly and don’t forget to re-run the respective boot-sector “writer”.

Good luck,

Petko

 

KevinBeaver   7610 pts.  |   Feb 27 2009  11:02PM GMT

VMWare or Virtual PC sounds like the way to go…

 

XMac   95 pts.  |   Feb 28 2009  1:12AM GMT

If you want to use virtual machine for an OS, I suggest VirtualBox as it is free and works very well. I am using it on a mac so I can use XP. There are versions for windows, linux and mac host machines.

 
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