sharonk868

Originally Posted By: slashuser i have a few questions regarding a setup that will allow me to (1) use bootmagic as my bootloader (2) have multiple versions of linux installed (3) operate XP on drive 1 and various linux distros on drive 2. here's what i've accomplished so far: (1) xp is installed on an ntfs partition on drive 1 (2) boot magic and partition magic are installed. i had to make a fat partition on drive 1, which exists before the xp ntfs partition. i moved on to tacking the install of linux and partitioning of drive 2...here's where things stopped working: (3) i installed fedora core 4 and used disk druid to auto partition. it created an LVR partition with a /boot, /swap and /. i also set the boot loader to install to the first partition of the 2nd hard drive so as not to interfere with the MBR on drive 1. this worked nicely and i am able to use bootmagic to launch fedora or XP. problems now: i really want to mess with SUSE and Ubuntu but haven't figured out a proper way to configure the partitions on the 2nd drive to accomplish a multi-boot environment. i don't mind going back and redoing things on the 2nd HD but i have no clue what i need to do partition wise. any ideas? suggestions? the reason i want to use bootmagic is because it's already installed and seems to be just fine. XP is necessary for some crappy programs i need to run. linux is necessary for some development work i am doing. haven't picked a flavor yet and want to play around. i really appreciate your feedback and in-depth suggestions. Thanks you for the post. Hi guys, Im a newbie. Nice to join this forum.