Tri-Boot (Windows 2000, Progeny 1.0, BeOS 5)

[mf4]

Hello, I am trying to boot 3 OS's:

1) Windows 2000
2) Progeny (1.0) Linux
3) BeOS 5 Professional

I am having trouble using BeOS's "Bootman" bootloader, I selected "use another bootloader" during the Progeny install, I also created a boot disk. When I reboot with the bootdisk in, It acts like the disk isn't even a bootdisk. I tried configuring "Bootman" having it try and boot my / partition as an option... doesn't work. I use an NTFS partition for Windows 2000 and I don't know if any bootloader installs on an NTFS partition. Can anyone help? Thanks.

[prince_kenshi]

The bootloader doesn't have to install on the NTFS partition. Some bootloaders make their own partitions and some just use the partition that it's parent OS is on. The almost 512 bytes in the MBR is enough to get the bootloader loaded from whatever partition. But enough about how bootloaders work... If you were using Lilo, a lot more people would be able to help you here. But this is a Beos bootloader and not many of us know it. I think you'd be more likely to get an answer in the other OS forum though. They talk about Beos a lot there.

[mf4]

:( I could remove the BeOS bootloader, I would rather have one that can boot all 3 OS's.

[prince_kenshi]

Well I'm using Lilo to boot Linux and Windows 2000 with NTFS. I'm pretty sure it will boot Beos as well. Here's the image section of my /etc/lilo.conf:

image=/boot/bzImage
label=linux
append="hdc=ide-scsi"
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18pre21
label=old_linux
other=/dev/hda1
label=windows
table=/dev/hda

Maybe you can come up with the BeOS image on your own since I know almost nothing about BeOS.

[mf4]

:( well i think im out of linux until XFree86 4.1.0 comes out in may because my screen is dim with my Voodoo4 4500 and Dell E550 15''. That or I get a new monitor, this sucks. Didn't even get to try out progeny. I had to use the CD 1 as the boot disk.