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I had XP / Ubuntu on separate disks on the on-board IDE controllers. Then I added a PCI / IDE card and a 3rd disk, and loaded PCLOS on the ...
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    Add FC8 to triple boot?

    I had XP / Ubuntu on separate disks on the on-board IDE controllers. Then I added a PCI / IDE card and a 3rd disk, and loaded PCLOS on the that disk.

    Now, it triple-boots from the grubloader on the PCLOS install (no problem), and I want to add another disk to the controller card and load FC8 on that.

    I want to keep the grub loader from PCLOS, and put FC8 bootloader into it.

    Easiest way?

    Thanks...

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    You should be able to edit your menu.lst in the PCLOS installation. If your not overly familiar with GRUB configurations, this page should help.
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    Install Fedora in another disk and do not install its grub at default location (MBR). Install GRUB in boot sector of / partition of Fedora. There is an option to do that during installation.
    Add chainload code for Fedora in menu.lst file of PCLOS after Fedora installation.
    Install Fedora, boot up PCLOS and post the output of fdisk -l command here. I will post the necessary chainload code. Make sure to install Fedora's GRUB in boot sector.
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    Quote Originally Posted by devils casper View Post
    Install Fedora in another disk and do not install its grub at default location (MBR). Install GRUB in boot sector of / partition of Fedora. There is an option to do that during installation.
    Add chainload code for Fedora in menu.lst file of PCLOS after Fedora installation.
    Install Fedora, boot up PCLOS and post the output of fdisk -l command here. I will post the necessary chainload code. Make sure to install Fedora's GRUB in boot sector.
    "Install FC8 in another disk..."

    OK...

    Should the fourth disk that's going to get FC8 be slaved onto the same PCI/IDE channel as PCLOS which is master?

    OR
    Should the FC8 disk go onto the second channel of the IDE controller card? Does it even matter?

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    Should the fourth disk that's going to get FC8 be slaved onto the same PCI/IDE channel as PCLOS which is master?

    OR
    Should the FC8 disk go onto the second channel of the IDE controller card? Does it even matter?
    Plug-in HD anywhere. It should work.
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