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I want to install 6 OS's. Just for fun in case you are wondering. I have 4 Hard drives.
The OSs are as follows: XP, Vista Tiny, OS X 10.5 (the x86 universal version, not the pure Mac version--I don't have a Mac), Linux Ubuntu, Super Ubuntu, and Ubuntu Studio. Eventually I will probably just go with one Ubuntu and delete the other two. Might even do away with all Ubuntus eventually.
I was planning to have the 3 ubuntus on one hard-drive, the 2 windows each on their own hard drive, and Mac OSX on the fourth.
I'm guessing I should install the Ubuntus last? Grub will detect the other OS and then I will have a multi-boot menu?
Also I was thinking I would install OS X all by itself. I mean with the other hard drives disconnected.
Or would it be best to install each OS with the other hard drives disconnected and then manually mess with Grub, adding Windows and OS X to the boot menu?
Is there some freeware partition boot loader that is easy to use and will detect all 6 OS correctly without a hassle?
Another option would be to just have one Ubuntu at a time. I really just want to try them out. But either way I am mostly concerned about the boot menu! Grub will write to the boot sector of the disk you are installing Ubuntu right, not some other disk? I am really worried about my current windows boot menu being over-written.
Any help would be appreciated.
The OSs are as follows: XP, Vista Tiny, OS X 10.5 (the x86 universal version, not the pure Mac version--I don't have a Mac), Linux Ubuntu, Super Ubuntu, and Ubuntu Studio. Eventually I will probably just go with one Ubuntu and delete the other two. Might even do away with all Ubuntus eventually.
I was planning to have the 3 ubuntus on one hard-drive, the 2 windows each on their own hard drive, and Mac OSX on the fourth.
I'm guessing I should install the Ubuntus last? Grub will detect the other OS and then I will have a multi-boot menu?
Also I was thinking I would install OS X all by itself. I mean with the other hard drives disconnected.
Or would it be best to install each OS with the other hard drives disconnected and then manually mess with Grub, adding Windows and OS X to the boot menu?
Is there some freeware partition boot loader that is easy to use and will detect all 6 OS correctly without a hassle?
Another option would be to just have one Ubuntu at a time. I really just want to try them out. But either way I am mostly concerned about the boot menu! Grub will write to the boot sector of the disk you are installing Ubuntu right, not some other disk? I am really worried about my current windows boot menu being over-written.
Any help would be appreciated.