Triple booting with XP/Server 2003/RHEL3
This is a discussion about Triple booting with XP/Server 2003/RHEL3 in the Everything Linux category; I would like to know if there is a way to boot WinXP/Server 2003/RedHat Enterprise Linux on a system that has 3 hd's in it. One drive has XP, one has Win Server 2003, the other I would like to install RHEL3 on it.
I would like to know if there is a way to boot WinXP/Server 2003/RedHat Enterprise Linux on a system that has 3 hd's in it. One drive has XP, one has Win Server 2003, the other I would like to install RHEL3 on it. How can I do this do this either using GRUB or the Windows boot loader?
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I'm pretty sure the Windows boot loader will automagically set itself up
to give you a choice of WinXP or WinServer2003. If you install RHEL3 next,
then GRUB can be set up to give you a choice of Windows or RHEL3.
So, sure, you can do this.. install the Windows stuff first and RHEL3 last.
Make GRUB the master bootloader by telling it to be installed in the MBR.
Let the Windows bootloader worry about the Windows OSes.
to give you a choice of WinXP or WinServer2003. If you install RHEL3 next,
then GRUB can be set up to give you a choice of Windows or RHEL3.
So, sure, you can do this.. install the Windows stuff first and RHEL3 last.
Make GRUB the master bootloader by telling it to be installed in the MBR.
Let the Windows bootloader worry about the Windows OSes.
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I have seemed to try this among other things, but it does not seem to work. What ends up happening is that when the system reboots, the only thing that shows up on the screen is the word 'GRUB' in the upper left hand corner.
What should I do regarding this matter?
What should I do regarding this matter?
Assuming that your boot drive is the first master drive on the system...can you get into RedHat now at all? Dis you make a boot floppy, or can you use cd #1 in rescue mode to get into the system?
If so, go to a terminal window and get root by typing...
su (press enter)
enter the root password as prompted (press enter)
grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda (press enter)
See if you then can get into RedHat to start. Ideally, you should see an entry on the grub boot svreen for your Windows install as well. If not we can go from there.
If so, go to a terminal window and get root by typing...
su (press enter)
enter the root password as prompted (press enter)
grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hda (press enter)
See if you then can get into RedHat to start. Ideally, you should see an entry on the grub boot svreen for your Windows install as well. If not we can go from there.
