boot camp confusion

[niteblind]

HI all,

I am trying to triple boot my mac book and i think I might have missed a step somewhere. I currently have linux running ont he macbook but I cannot figure out boot camp.

Ecerytime I open boot camp it simply says that it cannot run on my primary mac os x partition and close down again.

I just tried loading from the apple install cd but boot camp is not on there.

now the only thing i may have done wrong is that in my haste to originally set up ubuntu I have already partitioned the hard drive would this be why boot camp is not working?

Any assistance would be appreciated.

niteblind

[niteblind]

anyone got any suggestions?

[cyberdork33]

now the only thing i may have done wrong is that in my haste to originally set up ubuntu I have already partitioned the hard drive would this be why boot camp is not working?yes, that's right. Bootcamp will not work if you have a linux partition. You don't need bootcamp though, boot the Ubuntu LiveCD and start the partition editor (gparted).

[bluefish86]

To elaborate on what cyberdork said, once you have your partitions set up, all you need to do is boot off a windows CD and run the installer on the correct partition. No boot camp required.