quad booting backtrack, ubuntu 64, windows 7?

[capitalfear]

this is what i want to do when i get a new system76 laptop, and i need backtrack4, ubuntu 64 bit, and windows7 32 bit for my occasional gaming habits. i just need to know what order and everything for a seemless installation. thank you for any suggestions

[realzippy]

This might help:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1508494

[capitalfear]

im reading this. and so far i must say you are a wonderful human being, thank you

[WorMzy]

You can install them in any order you want, though installing Ubuntu last would make it easier to set up grub, if that's the bootloader you plan to use.

[capitalfear]

okay thanks thats helpful. considering i plan to make ubuntu my primary considering how much i love it :]

[Mark Phelps]

Make note that when you install Win7, it will overwrite the MBR. NO way around that.

Also, if you install; Win7 on an unformatted drive, it defaults to a two-partition setup, the first being a boot partition, the second being the OS partition. This setup has been known to present problems in some cases with multi-booting. So, instead, you should format an NTFS partition on your drive (30GB or so) to hold Win7. Then, when you boot from the DVD to install Win7, point it to the NTFS partition and have it reformat it -- this is important.

Of course, after you install Win7, you'll have to reinstall GRUB. But when you do that, make sure it does NOT get installed to all the partitions. IF it gets installed to the Win7 partition, that will prevent Win7 from booting.

And finally, I would create a single, large, NTFS data partition for sharing data, rather than automounting the Win7 OS partition.

[capitalfear]

dude that just made my head spin....wow okay, what order should i do it in? from the way you said it win should be first?

[uRock]

If it helps, here is a screenshot of my setup. As you can see Windows has the first partition.

uRock

[WorMzy]

Windows doesn't need to be in the first partition though, it doesn't even need to be in a primary partition.

Here's a screenshot of my partitions:



I have Ubuntu 9.10 first, Ubuntu 10.04 second, Windows Vista third, then an extended partition with, swap, XP home, Debian 5.10, Arch 64-bit, and Arch 32-bit.

[capitalfear]

thanks that helps big time
so let me get this straight. i use gparted...after i install whatever os i start on? then just do any of them afterwards?