Tri-boot anyone
 

Has anyone or does anyone know if a tri-boot system is possible.  I'm wanting to try two diffent versions of Linux and keep win 98.  Can it be done or am I just foolin' myself.

Re: Tri-boot anyone
 

Yeah Multi-boot is possible.

Re: Tri-boot anyone
 

System Commander will allow you to boot from a variety of systems.. I don't personally use it, so I cant give you the particualrs...
I have multiple systems and thats how I test OS's (running about 12 PC's at home) but I know this isn't possible for everyone.  WinNT/2000/XP also will give you multi boot options.

I also know there is a device available (I saw it at TigerDirect) called "Trios" or something like that that allows for a tri-boot type system.

Just a suggestion :)

Yeah. A multi-boot system is very possible. I have done it several times. Just, not with RedHat 7.2, but that problem should probably be irrelevant to your setup.

i know its possible but not 100% sure how to do it, do you have a LUG where you are you could ask?

What is a LUG?

linux user group

No LUG's around here. In fact I'm about the only person that knows what the hell it is, except for a couple of the other guys at work. And I know more about Linux than they do. And yes with Lilo I was able to modify it for multi-boot.

Sweet. So you're up with all three?

I was for a while. Mandrake just kept pissing me off. Never could get the graphics setup right so the GUI would load and I'm not good at Linux command line. Then when it would work the damn portmapping would cause it to lock up when it shutdown. When it wasn't that it was something else. Ended up doint my monthly format about 2 months late and haven't tried Linux again yet.

lol
 

lol a guy in techtv had 55 operating systems installed on there computer. i can tell you right now that it is possible to tri boot.

ive done quad boot before for my friend

he wanted to see how multi-booting is done

so i grabbed a copy of BeOS, win2k pro, win98 se, and redhat linux 6.1
(it was a while ago)

the result was a bit confusing for him...

first i used FIPS, a partition tool came with redhat... it was hard to use though
not a very user friendly program but it does get the job done...

partitioned for redhat...
and it automatically installed LILO but i selected no for it
because i want to use the BeOS's Boot Manager
but i had to have a linux boot disk handy to do this...

anyways
next step i installed win2k
then win98se

then partitioned for BeOS
then installed it...
got the BootMan installed


if u have some money to spare, Systerm Commander is a good software with good GUI for booting...
also let u partition and format...

I had a multi boot with Wiin98, Win2000, and Linux

heres how it looked

Boot ->
Grub(bootloader) DOS, Linux
/DOS
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 98

hope that helped