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apple_head15 · 12:33 AM

Ok first you need these things:

- 2 Hard Disks
- Windows XP Install CD
- Windows Vista Install DVD
- Ubuntu CD (Burned?)
- OEM Master CD's (Optional)

Have your First Hard Disk installed as IDE Channel 1 Master or SATA Port 0. For the second Hard Disk Have it in IDE Channel 1 Slave or if you have an Optical Drive on that channel have it as IDE Channel 2 Master or SATA Port 1. Have both of these Hard Disks Blank.

To install Windows Vista get your Install DVD and insert it in your DVD Drive, Reboot and press F8 at POST screen to select Boot options. I would reccomend you install Vista to the SATA HDD (If you have one) as XP does not come with SATA drivers and will not detect SATA hard disk. Use the whole Hard Disk as the Vista partition for Vista.

Or

Use an OEM Master CD to install original configuration when PC left the factory.

Next Install Ubuntu to the IDE Slave or SATA Port 1 Hard Disk. At the partitioning stage select Manual Partitoining. Make sure all partitions are deleted from device sdb. You do not need to touch Device SDA as that has Vista installed onto it. Create an ext3 Journaling partition using half of the IDE Slave and take 5GB off that for a SWAP partition. Leave the rest of the Hard Disk Unpartitioned.

Then its time to install Win XP, boot from the install CD and install XP to the unpartitioned space formatted as NTFS.

You will notice that XP will not appear in the GRUB boot loader as GRUB was installed to the main hard disk so to do this, go into Ubuntu, open the terminal and type the following command:

Code:

gksu gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

it will ask for admin password to allow access to grub Config.

You need to change the menu.lst file to this:

Code:

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default        0


## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title        Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root        (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader    +1
#
# title        Linux
# root        (hd0,1)
# kernel    /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=bf097c44-ce5b-40b1-9da5-4cc15290b756 ro

## Setup crashdump menu entries
## e.g. crashdump=1
# crashdump=0

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd1,1)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title        Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron
root        (hd1,1)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=bf097c44-ce5b-40b1-9da5-4cc15290b756 ro quiet splash
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu Recovery
root        (hd1,1)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-16-generic root=UUID=bf097c44-ce5b-40b1-9da5-4cc15290b756 ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-generic

title        Ubuntu memtest86+
root        (hd1,1)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title        Non Linux Opearting Systems: Windows
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title        Packard Bell Recovery
root        (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader    +1


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda2
title        Windows Vista Home Premium
root        (hd0,1)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader    +1


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sdb1
title        Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root        (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map        (hd0) (hd1)
map        (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader    +1

Add the last paragraph of code to your menu.lst file and that should do it.
That now makes XP appear in the boot menu and you have your triple boot set up

enjoy best of all 3