Install fedora 12 to windows 7 and kubuntu 9.10 computer

[albertkao]

My computer has windows 7 and kubuntu 9.10 installed.
How do I install fedora 12 to make the computer triple boot?
The fedora 12 installation program keep the existing partitions and suggest these new partitions:

/dev/sda8           /boot       ext4                      199MB    
/dev/sda9                       physical volume (LVM)   67000MB

It asks to install the Fedora boot loader.

Are the suggestions ok or should I do this:
- a single logical partition for / should be used. i.e. no need for LVM and /boot partition
- no need to install the Fedora boot loader and keep the existing linux boot loader
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[devils casper]

Do not create LVM and /boot partition. Just create a new ext3 partition for Fedora 12 and install Fedora in it. Installer will detect existing SWAP partition, if any.

There is a problem with Fedora installer. It doesn't detect other installed Linux distros and you have to edit its GRUB configuration files for multiboot setup. Thats really easy though. Either install Fedora's boot loader in boot sector of its root partition or do not install it at all.
Kubuntu 9.10 uses GRUB2. It will detect and add an entry for Fedora in GRUB Menu. Just execute update-grub command in Kubuntu's Konsole after Fedora installation.

[albertkao]

Do not create LVM and /boot partition. Just create a new ext3 partition for Fedora 12 and install Fedora in it. Installer will detect existing SWAP partition, if any.

There is a problem with Fedora installer. It doesn't detect other installed Linux distros and you have to edit its GRUB configuration files for multiboot setup. Thats really easy though. Either install Fedora's boot loader in boot sector of its root partition or do not install it at all.
Kubuntu 9.10 uses GRUB2. It will detect and add an entry for Fedora in GRUB Menu. Just execute update-grub command in Kubuntu's Konsole after Fedora installation.

My bad.
Kubuntu version is 8.0.4 and the fedora 12 is installed in /dev/sda8 ext4 partition. Executing the update-grub command in Kubuntu's Konsole after Fedora installation do not detect and add an entry for Fedora in menu.lst.

[devils casper]

Have you installed Fedora? Where did you install its GRUB? You can add its entry in GRUB menu easily.
Post the output of sudo fdisk -l command here.

[albertkao]

Have you installed Fedora? Where did you install its GRUB? You can add its entry in GRUB menu easily.
Post the output of sudo fdisk -l command here.

Fedora is installed at /dev/sda8 as ext4 partition.
I did not install Fedora boot loader.

#  fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa7fbbb3a

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1        1785    14336000   27  Unknown
/dev/sda2   *        1785        1798      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3            1798       40634   311950680    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda4           40635       77825   298736707+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5           40635       41132     4000153+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6           41133       51078    79891213+  83  Linux
/dev/sda7           51079       53510    19535008+  83  Linux
/dev/sda8           53511       66352   103153333+  83  Linux
/dev/sda9           66353       77825    92156841   83  Linux

At kubuntu root console:
# mkdir /tmp/fedora
# mount -t auto /dev/sda8 /tmp/fedora
mount: unknown filesystem type 'ext4'

[devils casper]

Here is a problem now. Kubuntu is an old version and it doesn't recognize ext4 partition and you have used ext4 for Fedora installation.

Boot up from Fedora LiveCD or from LiveCD of any other distro that supports ext4 and mount /dev/sda8. Post the file listing of its /boot folder.

mkdir /media/fedora
mount -t ext4 /dev/sda8  /media/fedora
ls /media/fedora/boot

[albertkao]

I reinstall Fedora 12 and its boot loader to MBR.
Now Fedora 12 boot ok but do not provide Windows and kubuntu as boot option.
How to add Windows and kubuntu as boot option?

[devils casper]

Post the output of fdisk -l command and contents of /boot/grub/grub.conf file here.

su -
/sbin/fdisk -l