[ug-bosug] Can Open Solaris,Linux and Windows be installed on the same system?

[USM Bish]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 07:15:32PM +0530, Anil Gulecha wrote:
> Hi Annaapa,
> 
> Yes you can, if the 20  GB partition is a primary partition,
> and not extended.
>
> Before installation, Please  backup your /boot/grub/menu.lst
> from Linux.
>
> tehn after installation  of solaris, you'll have  to add the
> tminux entry back o the solaris /boot/grub/menu.lst (windows
> twill be automatically added).
>
> Regards
> Anil
> 
> On 1/30/07, Annappa <annappa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 1. Can Open Solaris, Linux and Windows be installed on the
> > same system?
> >
> > 2. We  have systems in our  lab with both Linux  and WinXP
> > and  a free  partition of  about 20GB,  without disturbing
> > Linux and win  XP can we install Open Solaris  on the same
> > machine in the free partition?  Any precautions need to be
> > taken  for LILO,  MBR  and other  applications? Does  Open
> > Solaris has any specific requirement?
> >
> > With regards,
> > Annappa
> >

Anil, my  gut feeling is  this may  not work. Please  note the
last line of  Annappa's mail ... it seems they  are using LILO
in  the current  set  up under  Linux.  OpenSolaris grub  will
overwrite the MBR, he would have to set the menu.lst manually.

The  alternative  is  to  re-write   the  MBR  with  LILO  and
use  LILO itself  to  triple boot  under  Linux after  editing
/etc/lilo.conf.

Bish