[ug-bosug] Help required: Triple Boot: WinXP + SXDE + Ubuntu

[Manish Chakravarty]

>
> SXDE's grub can load Ubuntu.  Just install Ubuntu and add an entry
> in SXDE's /boot/grub/menu.lst file.  The bootadm(1M) manpage has
> more details.
>
> Is the problem that Ubuntu will overwrite SXDE's GRUB?  Haven't used
> Ubuntu in a long time.  Don't remember if it has an option of not
> installing the bootloader.
>
Yep. That is the problem. Ubuntu by default will overwrite the MBR.
Can i restore the original (SXDE+WinXP) MBR after an Ubuntu installation
and then add the relevant entires to (SXDE's GRUB) make Ubuntu boot as well?

>
> Venky.
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Warm Regards,
Manish Chakravarty
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