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How can I setup Triple boot on my PC?

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by vsncorp 1 view

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I currently have PII w/300Mhz 4.0GB and 64MB
Does anyone know how can I setup my computer to triple boot? I currently have Window95 on the c: drive and Windows NT4.0 on the d: drive and 1gig of free space available. But now I want to also add Linuxon the same harddisk but different partition. Can anyone please help me? Thanks

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by flan

yes you can triple boot your pc, just install it and nt has the boot thingy option that'll ask you what mode you want to go into. as far as installing on another partition, you would need to use partition magic to create a partition on one of thosedrives. once that's created, install linux.

by greeblie

You'll need a utility such as partition Magic to to free up space on the D drive for a Linux partition. Them simply do a Linux install and have it create the new partition in the newly empty space.

You can add your NT partition to the LILO boot loader that comes with Linux. When you boot, you'll be able to go from LILO to NT's boot loader. Then you can select NT or 95, just like you can now.

by anticnz

To follow on from above .. before using Partition Magic do three things
1/ Delete old/temporary files and remove any unwanted software to create extra space.. empty recycle bins.
2/ Backup any important data and for whichever is the primary boot OS create a rescue disk.
3/ Defragment the relevant partitions (disable screensaver first)

I don't know which version of Linux you are installing but in my opinion RedHat has the easiest multiboot setup capability.

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