Topic: triple boot...xp pro, solaris 10, slackware 10.1

[StatiC]

As soon as I get a new drive for my second pc I'm going to install xp, solaris, and slackware on it. Does anyone have any experience in doing this? I once had xp, 2k and slackware on it and it was relatively easy to setup but I'm unsure about the solaris part.

What order should I install in? Probably xp first...then what?
How should I partition the disk? I can't remember if I needed an extra swap partition for slackware and I believe I need a boot partition for solaris plus I'll need a FAT partition to share files between os's.
Also, what boot manager would be best to use?

[Nicao]

Tough one.  I'd definitely install XP first, then solaris, then slackware.  I've generally found that most linux os's come with grub or lilo which would be most friendly as a multi os bootloader.  If slackware is like all the other linux os's I've used then yes you will need an extra swap partition as well as a boot partition for grub.   Therefore I would partition your drive with .  I havn't used solaris so I'm not too sure what partitions it would require.  Best of luck with your project.

[StatiC]

I know slack comes with lilo because that's what I used before. Not sure if I'll stick with that or go with something I've never used before like grub. I need to do some more research because I'm still not sure about the partitions. My current solaris install needs 2 partitions, 1 for the os and a small 10mb or so x86 boot partition, so I'll assume I don't need that small partition since I'll be using lilo or grub. Still not sure but I think I'm looking at...

boot partition
xp partition
linux partition
linux swap partition
solaris partition
fat partition for sharing

[Jonesy]

The partition list looks good but I can't say for sure it will work. What size of Hard drive are you planning to use with this setup? To have so many partions you may need at least 120gb I wouls assume.

[StatiC]

yep I'll probably get a 160GB drive when I can find a good deal on one. 40 for xp, 40 for linux, 40 for solaris, and split remaining 40 for the rest.