Triple-boot? -- XP Pro/ubuntu [or kubuntu]/Mandriva

[Chuck Mattsen]

Yes, it's bad form to reply to oneself, but here goes (below)....

On Monday 30 January 2006 15:29, Chuck Mattsen wrote:
CM> If the [k]ubuntu install handles it auto-magically and at the end of the 
CM> install I'd have a boot with all 3 options without my intervention in the 
CM> process, all the better.
CM> 
CM> If it doesn't handle it automatically, after the [k]ubuntu install is 
where I 
CM> would get stuck, as to what step(s) to take right at that point.  Again, 
not 
CM> having done this before, and getting different advice as to how ago about 
it, 
CM> is why I'm so tentative.

Okay, by way of an "update" of sorts, I did the install up to the point of 
committing the first partitioning, then backed out.  I told it to use the 
largest contiguous free space on the drive (which is the unformatted 9.7 GB 
partition [or should be]), and what I got back then was:

The partition tables of the following devices are changed:
	IDE1 master (hda)
The following partitions are going to be formatted:
	partition #3 of IDE1 master (hda) as ext3
	partition #8 of IDE1 master (hda) as swap

...then I backed out, as it wasn't enough info (at least in understandable 
form for me) for me to be comfortable.

Again, since my current allotment is:
        hda1    NTFS            XP Pro          14 GB
        empty   unformatted     empty           9.7 GB
        hda5    ext3            / (Mandriva)    5.8 GB
        hda6    swap            swap (")        499 MB
        hda7    ext3            /home (")       6.5 GB
am I correct in assuming that Ubuntu was taking the empty 9.7 GB area and 
setting up two partitions, hda3 and hda8 (what happened to 2 and 4?) for 
install and swap, respectively.  If so, and it looks to others like all is 
okay at that point, would it *later* give me the option(s) of setting 
up /, /home, etc.?

Guys (and gals), I'm really sorry to be such a tentative PITA about all this, 
but it's new territory for me. I appreciate the patience and input you've all 
had so far.

Thx.

-- 
Chuck MATTSEN / Mahnomen, MN, USA / mattsen at arvig.net
Mandriva Linux release 2006.1 (Cooker) for i586
kernel 2.6.12-13mdk-i686-up-4GB / RLU #346519
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