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    Triple boot installation - stuck at Windows installation

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Lin, Sep 19, 2010.

  1. Lin

    Lin Newbie

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    I am trying to follow the following guide to do a triple boot, but I am stuck in Windows 7 installation
    triple boot snow leopard, windows 7, & ubuntu

    I have done the following:
    1. Did a clean installation of OS X Snow Leopard on hard drive (Not yet partitioned the hard drive)

    2. Installed rEFIt
    I am not sure what the poster means by making sure it works by pressing the option button. I am assuming it means that I will be able to see the options I can choose when I press option? (I do see options to pick either "Hard Drive" or whatever disc in the DVD)

    3. Partitioned 30 GB (or was it 40 GB? x.x I forgot sorry) space in Boot Camp Assistant for Windows installation. Chose the option to install Windows later.

    4. Inserted OS X Snow Leopard installation disc and boot from there.

    5. Opened up the Disk Utility and partitioned a hard drive (called Hard Drive_2) via the Partition section as instructed by the guide. Formatted in MAc OS Extended (Journaled)

    So now, in that area I see "Hard Drive", "Hard Drive_2" and "BOOT CAMP" (so I am assuming that is what the poster meant by "3 partitions".

    6. Restarted the computer with Windows installation disc.

    Problems occur right here:
    Problem 1: I do not see anything called "C something" as the poster said. But I do see something called "Boot Camp"

    Problem 2: All the partitions that are available says that "Windows 7 can't be installed". So my question is am I supposed to "delete" a specific partition to install it?

    I have pictures of the screen which I will upload later if this isn't clear enough.

    Please advise.

    Thank you very much.
     
    Lin, Sep 19, 2010
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  2. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    Do you have a genuine need to natively boot into all three OS's? Why not just run Ubuntu in a VM?
     
    Khris, Sep 19, 2010
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  3. Lin

    Lin Newbie

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    Not really for now (until the class that requires partition different OS starts). I just would like to run PC and Mac together as some of my applications don't work on Mac. So rather than having 2 computers with different OS, I'd like to combine them into one computer.

    3 is optional, but 2 I'd like to have it now if possible.
     
    Lin, Sep 19, 2010
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  4. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    So install Windows via Bootcamp and then install Ubuntu through a Virtual Machine. Save yourself a lot of headache.
     
    Khris, Sep 20, 2010
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  5. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    Linux is really not needed much when you have Mac OS X. I do all my Linux usage in a Virtual Machine after having triple booted once before and trashed the Linux partition later because it was really useless to have it bootable.

    Dual boot with Windows if you need to game... otherwise run all your other OSes in Virtual Machines. VirtualBox is free if you don't want to buy VMWare or Parallels.
     
    doh123, Sep 20, 2010
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  6. Lin

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    Got everything working :) Thank you!
     
    Lin, Sep 23, 2010
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  7. ygohome

    ygohome Notebook Deity

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    Just incase someone else tries to do this and gets to where you were and is looking for an answer...

    what was the solution?

    Thanks,

    Ben
     
    ygohome, Sep 23, 2010
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  8. DboogieC

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    hows it working ? id like to do this ?
     
    DboogieC, Sep 23, 2010
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