How Do I Set Up a Master Boot Record(MBR) for 3 Different OS's on 2 hdd's?

I am considering putting three or more OS's on my computer. Would someone show me how to set up a master boot record to give me a choice between Windows XP Professional Edition, Solaris 10 6/06, Red Hat Linux 7 (Fedora Core 5), and possibly Knoppix 5.0.1, Snappix, and Morphix? I want the boot record to be posted in both Windows' BOOT.INI file and in GRUB. Thanks in advance for any help from anyone who knows what their doing about this topic.

I am considering putting three or more OS's on my
computer. Would someone show me how to set up a
master boot record to give me a choice between
Windows XP Professional Edition, Solaris 10 6/06, Red
Hat Linux 7 (Fedora Core 5), and possibly Knoppix
5.0.1, Snappix, and Morphix?Have you seen this article?
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/articles/multiboot_laptop.html
I want the boot record
to be posted in both Windows' BOOT.INI file and in
GRUB.What do you mean by that? You can only have one thing in the MBR, but of course that thing could chain to something else.
Darren

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Checked these ?
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http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/repairmbr.htm
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