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Jan5134
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 more than two operating systems?
Dual Boot, Dual booting, Mandriva Spring, Operating systems, SUSE, Windows XP
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.

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ASKED: February 26, 2009  2:28 PM
UPDATED: February 28, 2009  1:12 AM
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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.
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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

petkoa
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VMWare or Virtual PC sounds like the way to go…

Kevin Beaver
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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.

XMac
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