I recently setup my laptop to triple boot XP,Vista, Linux (in that order). I didn't run into any issues regarding where to put /boot but then again I didn't separate out /boot for Linux or Vista but I wouldn't have thought that would be a problem. If you are going to separate out /boot I would try to have all Windows parts right next to each other. Partition 0: 75MB (VISTA boot partition??) Partition 1: 120GB Vista Partition 2: Vista Recovery Partition 3: 100MB (RH /boot) Partition 4: 20 GB for RH -Nick On 7/27/07, Scott Ruckh <sruckh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is what you said Wartnick, James > > So does the "/boot" partition need to occur before some cylinder/block > > value in order to work (i.e. within the first 500MB of disk)? > > > I think it depends on the BIOS of your system. I have had systems that > would not boot after install when installed further out on the disk. On > the other hand I have had success on other systems installing Linux > anywhere on the disk. > > If doing this from scratch I recommend using XOSL (Freeware Boot Manager). > Install XOSL in it own dedicated small partition (7mb). Then create a > main primary partition for windows (at least 20GB). Install Windows, and > create an extended partition with the remaining disk space (unless you are > going to have multiple windows versions installed; then you might want to > create another primary partition). Create any logical disks you want to > create in windows (leaving some space in the extended partition for > Linux). Then install Linux (with at least /boot, /, and swap file > systems). When choosing place for boot loader (grub) on linux don't > choose the mbr, but instead the main partition where you are booting Linux > (ie../dev/sdb3). > > Set up all your booting in XOSL (show and hide partitions as needed). > > If you ever come back and have to install windows and it overwrites the > mbr, just run the xosl install program again and have it restore the XOSL > boot loader (with all of your previous boot-loader changes in tact). > > This combination has worked for me for many years. Of course this is just > one persons suggestion which may or may not be right for you. > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
