JoshuaGaler
11th February 2010, 11:24 AM
Hi!!
I found this while surfing and thought to share with you people. I have not tired yet but waiting for the third operating system that is MAC.
Have you ever given a thought about installing three different type of Operating System on a single
computer? Not Yet! Hmm... This sounds scary and too complex right? But You're Totally wrong! Its
as simple as Install two Windows Based OS on one computer... Believe Me! Still Don't Believe Me?
Ok Then, Read On :
You will need the following :
• A Computer with at least 40GB SATA Hard Disk + 2Ghz Processor + 512MB RAM + DVD
ROM
• MAC OS X for Intel Architecture
• Windows XP
• Ubuntu Linux [Any linux will do, but i prefer UBUNTU]
Installing MAC OS X
• Set your first boot device to DVD*ROM
• Boot from MAC OS X DVD
• Create atleat 15GB Partition for MAC and while formatting it, format it as MAC journal file
system
• Create atleast 15GB Partition for windows XP and while formatting it, format it as NTFS file
system
• Create atleast 8GB Partition for Linux and while formatting it, format it as Linux file system
[EXT3 preffered]
• Install MAC OS on the first partition
• Follow the instructions. Its a GUI based istallation.
Installing Windows XP
• Boot with Windows XP CD
• Install Windows XP as you do it normally on the partition that you formatted as NTFS from
MAC
• But make sure you do not touch any other Partition
• Reboot your computer
Installing Ubuntu Linux
Insert the Ubuntu CD and Boot from it
•
Select the partitions that you formatted as Linux file system while installing MAC
•
Now Create 1 GB swap partition from the remaining space
•
Install Ubuntu
•
Reboot
•
Now as grub has taken over all the boot loaders you will see only two options :
• Ubuntu
• Windows XP
But nothing to worry about...
Now select to boot with Ubuntu
•
Go to "/boot/grub/"
•
Open "menu.lst" file with administrator's right known as "root"
•
Add the following lines to the file and save it :
•
Code:
title Mac OS X (Tiger)
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
• Reboot
Wow...! The grub boot loader shows all the three Operating system!
So..? Its so simple! Right? Finally... you believe me!
All the best...!
EDIT : If you already have any operating system installed and you don't want to loose data read
I found this while surfing and thought to share with you people. I have not tired yet but waiting for the third operating system that is MAC.
Have you ever given a thought about installing three different type of Operating System on a single
computer? Not Yet! Hmm... This sounds scary and too complex right? But You're Totally wrong! Its
as simple as Install two Windows Based OS on one computer... Believe Me! Still Don't Believe Me?
Ok Then, Read On :
You will need the following :
• A Computer with at least 40GB SATA Hard Disk + 2Ghz Processor + 512MB RAM + DVD
ROM
• MAC OS X for Intel Architecture
• Windows XP
• Ubuntu Linux [Any linux will do, but i prefer UBUNTU]
Installing MAC OS X
• Set your first boot device to DVD*ROM
• Boot from MAC OS X DVD
• Create atleat 15GB Partition for MAC and while formatting it, format it as MAC journal file
system
• Create atleast 15GB Partition for windows XP and while formatting it, format it as NTFS file
system
• Create atleast 8GB Partition for Linux and while formatting it, format it as Linux file system
[EXT3 preffered]
• Install MAC OS on the first partition
• Follow the instructions. Its a GUI based istallation.
Installing Windows XP
• Boot with Windows XP CD
• Install Windows XP as you do it normally on the partition that you formatted as NTFS from
MAC
• But make sure you do not touch any other Partition
• Reboot your computer
Installing Ubuntu Linux
Insert the Ubuntu CD and Boot from it
•
Select the partitions that you formatted as Linux file system while installing MAC
•
Now Create 1 GB swap partition from the remaining space
•
Install Ubuntu
•
Reboot
•
Now as grub has taken over all the boot loaders you will see only two options :
• Ubuntu
• Windows XP
But nothing to worry about...
Now select to boot with Ubuntu
•
Go to "/boot/grub/"
•
Open "menu.lst" file with administrator's right known as "root"
•
Add the following lines to the file and save it :
•
Code:
title Mac OS X (Tiger)
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
• Reboot
Wow...! The grub boot loader shows all the three Operating system!
So..? Its so simple! Right? Finally... you believe me!
All the best...!
EDIT : If you already have any operating system installed and you don't want to loose data read