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triple booting

ljonesj

ljonesj

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Oct 20, 2009
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I love osx dont get me wrong but i have some programs i need windows for. I want to know i want to load the latest ubuntu with it for a triple boot by redoing the windows partition will it get its own icon when you hold option to choose your hd or when you choose windows it will show grub or lilo the boot loaders for ubuntu
 
Check out the ubuntu forums, I believe there's a number of guides/threads on this topic.

Why not run ubuntu in vmware? If you don't have fusion, then download virtualbox which is free. You get the entire ubuntu experience without messing up your partitions.

Personally, I'm running both windows and fedora this way. I have little need for either OS to be running natively, i.e., no games and it also makes setting up linux a lot easier.
 
true i could on ubuntu but my windows i can not as i have a game from blizzard called diablo that will not run on a intel based mac as i have tried but not with wine
 
ljonesj said:
true i could on ubuntu but my windows i can not as i have a game from blizzard called diablo that will not run on a intel based mac as i have tried but not with wine
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Diablo II works just fine on Intel based macs. There's a download from Blizzard for it.
 
Look, be careful if you're going to install Ubuntu on your HD. You may find that Grub will be a problem if you ever decide to get rid of the Ubuntu Partition. There is an emulator for EFI called Efix, I think. You might be better of using that than allowing Ubuntu to install Grub.

Look into to it very carefully before you decide to go ahead.
 
Personally, I use a different computer for Ubuntu. It's very underpowered compared to the Mac but it absolutely flies. If I didn't have the mac, I'd use Ubuntu all the time as my production machine. Not half as polished as Mac or as easy to use but a great OS nonetheless.
 
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