XP Linux Vista

[kate_larence]

:)Hi,
I have vista desktop. But I need windows XP, Vista and Linux.

Please let me know which the best procedures fore installing all three in one desktop.


Thanks in advance
-Kate

[vahnx]

Dude, you already posted this. I recommend not installing Vista and Linux, just keep XP. Overall XP is the fastest and most stable.

[lordfoul]

If in fact you need all three os's I'd recommend a machine capable of Vista and using that as the main os plus Parallels running xp and your linux distro's.

[tommyfullington]

Install Linux first, but leave enough free space when you install it to thrice boot (?! Thrice boot ?! LOL) both xp and vista and make sure you don't install them on top of eachother. Should work in theory. Good Luck. That or run them virtually...

[amkrisis]

Hi,

I think this is the best way to install them (I'm a dual boot XP/Ubuntu user, don't like Vista, but have tried it, so correct me if i'm wrong)


Install XP
Install Vista, and keep xp
Install Linux


Vista will see the xp partion, and you have an option to keep it (don't upgrade).
When you install Linux, simply keep all the other partitions!

You can work the other way around (or in any order for that matter), there are many tutorials on the web, but I do think that this sollution will be the easiest.

Ps: if you're using vista for the eyecandy, check out Compiz Fusion, I have mine running on my 7.10 Ubuntu, runs like a charm and easily outshows Vista.

[amkrisis]

Install Linux first, but leave enough free space when you install it to thrice boot (?! Thrice boot ?! LOL) both xp and vista and make sure you don't install them on top of eachother. Should work in theory. Good Luck. That or run them virtually...

You'll have some issues with the mbr (as far as i know both xp and vista will overwrite the existing bootloader) if you install in that matter.

Not that it won't work ofcourse, you can fix anything, if you want to dig into it.

[Brundlefly]

I agree that XP, Vista, Linux is the best order to go in, for the already stated reasons. I just wanted to add that doing Linux last is always good, because Linux installs are GREAT about handling the MBR properly and making a custom boot option menu when you first turn on your computer.

That said, who in their right mind would EVER say that XP is more stable than Linux? My God, that's like saying Bill Gates has as much common sense as Kevin Rose!!!

[AlaskaLoneWolf]

Agreed. Vista sucks ass. Going to the range this weekend with the discs. Gonna' use 'em as skeets and film it. Then I'm sending the footage to Gates with the empty shell casings.

[Shanks]

Agreed. Vista sucks ass. Going to the range this weekend with the discs. Gonna' use 'em as skeets and film it. Then I'm sending the footage to Gates with the empty shell casings.

I wonder how much hate mail Bill gets daily

[TNVWBOY]

Ok there is clearly no love for Vista here but I'm trying to dual-boot Vista and Ubuntu. I already had Vista on the system and I cleared an old XP partition for Ubuntu. Grub installed in the MBR and totally broke the ability to load Vista. I had to manually rebuild the Vista MBR (what a pain in the ass!).

Is there anything special I need to know when adding Ubuntu to my Vista bootloader (sorry but the documentation for Grub was terrible and the various websites I went to were not much help either).

I really want to play with Ubuntu. I doubt it'll replace my Windows any time soon, but it's still a viable option and I don't want to be in the dark about it.

[RancidLM]

:)Hi,
I have vista desktop. But I need windows XP, Vista and Linux.

Please let me know which the best procedures fore installing all three in one desktop.


Thanks in advance
-Kate
get a 500gig drive
partition as need
install xp,
then vista
then linux

..the reason for linux last is if, lets say you go with ubuntu.. grub will detect the partitions and u can choose what OS you want to start at boot...

if you did linux first then windows (vista/xp), it will blow away grub and boot loader and install its own usless crap in the MBR

[computoman]

I would not wish a new user setting up other os's with multiple partitions. Even the real IT world that is no longer done (there are exceptions.).
For linux you might consider Wubi linux. You can load it without having to partition your machine's drives. (http://wubi-installer.org)
For xp and or linux, I would get one of the free virtual machines such as virtual box, vmware. or qemu. That way you can easily run all three os's at the same time and no partitioning is needed. MS Vista is real picky anyway about partitioning. I do not use MS Vista, but I still use win2kpro for my tax program in a virtual machine. I keep my virtual machines on a server, so can can access the os from any machine on the network. That saves a lot of duplication. Good Luck to you Kate!

[vanden]

There are tons of guides on how to this all over the internet...Search a little...

http://lifehacker.com/software/ubuntu/hack-attack-how-to-tripleboot-windows-xp-vista-and-ubuntu-193474.php

[computoman]

But you can still run only one os at a time that way.

[Cacogen]

Agreed. Vista sucks ass. Going to the range this weekend with the discs. Gonna' use 'em as skeets and film it. Then I'm sending the footage to Gates with the empty shell casings.

You get lots of Vista disks in the mail, like AOL disks?


I have ZERO issues with Vista on modern hardware, on middling hardware I run Mint, and on old hardware I install Puppy.


You are just regurgitating shit you've heard other people say, that, or you bought a laptop that was "Vista Ready," and you believed it.

[AlaskaLoneWolf]

'...or you bought a laptop that was "Vista Ready," and you believed it.'

Wow. You're pretty good. Problem has been hardware that Vista doesn't recognize, driver that don't work, programs that crash for no aparent reason. Then there was the voice recognition program, that I wanted to work more than anything, that is so damn frustrating that I've actually been teaching it swear words. At least it gets that right, well, er, about 42% of the time. I've found Vista, overall, to be rather lame when compared with Mac. One does what I want when I want, the other [Vista] seems to do whatever it wants. Maybe I missed something during the Vista endoctrination campaign. Maybe all the other people that hate Vista are wrong, or just maybe, maybe I should spend more time in the gagillion helpsites.

In the meantime, there is a subtle satisfaction in the senselss destruction of something I really, really, really don't like. Perhaps that's just an "Alaska-Thing", cause last time I checked, there are more people per capita who hate Vista in Alaska, than watch television.

[AlaskaLoneWolf]

Just a little bit of the Vista vomit that's going around I guess... (See Also)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomiting

...then check these wonderful opinions about that OS you love so much.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2286065,00.asp

...a whole site dedicated to the Vista OS:

http://www.ihatevista.co.uk/

...then there's this,

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-Suicide-Courtesy-of-McAfee-50761.shtml

...and few more of my favorites:

http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/05/31/i-hate-vista-already/

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145888/developers_prefer_xp_over_vista_survey_shows.html

http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2007/01/5-sins-of-vista.html

Not to say that I think Vista doesn't have potiential. The box makes an awesome skeet, and explodes well when triple ought buckshot is used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdshot#Birdshot

[computoman]

While I am not a fan of vista, I do not dwell with the disappointment of it either. I would spend more time touting the good things about linux instead. . .. Using linux and other opensource alone has saved us quite a fortune in licensing fees. I do like to donate to my favorite software projects. It is also nice not to have to worry about spyware and Ms viruses every other second. I also like linux because it is still supported on older hardware. I have not had to build a new machine on probably 5 years. I would love to have a multi-core system, but my old 1.4ghz does everything I need as fast as it always has and it probably runs at least 10 to 16 hours everyday. I have yet need to defrag my drive. I have only to reinstall the os at change of hard drives or only when I decide to test another os (a rare occurance). With so many people going to linux, I do not get all the handmedown hardware as I used to. That is a good sign. Besides I have too many toys now. I might pass on some of mine. I am sure my daughter's family will be the first lucky? recipients from the museum. Linux like any other os requires some investment in time to learn it. I can do so much more with linux. It is faster and easier for me to use linux. I recently reset up a 1 ghz xp box from scratch instead of loading my generic save image to play with. It took me probably several hours for installation, multi-reboots, and tweaking. To do the same thing on linux only takes a fraction of the time and just one reboot. I think I installed redhat fedora on a machine in under 30 minutes once. From my local repo, I can set up a working virtual web server in even less time.

If someone would like to donate a complete Vista, I will happy to compare the os's. Ooops, I forgot I will probably have to get a new computer first.

[Cacogen]

Just a little bit of the Vista vomit that's going around I guess... (See Also)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomiting

...then check these wonderful opinions about that OS you love so much.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2286065,00.asp

...a whole site dedicated to the Vista OS:

http://www.ihatevista.co.uk/

...then there's this,

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-Suicide-Courtesy-of-McAfee-50761.shtml

...and few more of my favorites:

http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/05/31/i-hate-vista-already/

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145888/developers_prefer_xp_over_vista_survey_shows.html

http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2007/01/5-sins-of-vista.html

Not to say that I think Vista doesn't have potiential. The box makes an awesome skeet, and explodes well when triple ought buckshot is used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdshot#Birdshot

Yes, well, all those links convince me that your opinions are your own. It's basically impossible to find links on the interweb that support one's point of view. Good work.

I don't love Vista, but I very much dislike hyperbole and fashionable, ignorant, group-think sentiment.

[cocopuffz]

Well, why not go with Linux as your base OS.. then run XP and Vista in VMware or VirtualBox?

That's basically my set up. I'm running a few other OS's in Virtualbox and can open all at the same time. If your hardware can cope with 3-4 OS running at the same time.. go for it.

This is a youtube link to my desktop video cap running other os's virtually.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43p6f0oJb2I

[latenitetv]

Dude, you already posted this. I recommend not installing Vista and Linux, just keep XP. Overall XP is the fastest and most stable.

are you fucking retarded?