Solaris/Linux/WinME/Win2k installations...

I got a new machine with (the pathetic!!!) WinME pre-installed. I then installed Win 2k on it with no problem. I wanted to install Solaris 8 & Linux Mandrake on it. I was going thru some installation docs, & I read that Solaris & at least 1 Windows needs a primary active partition to boot from, while Linux can be installed on an extended partition. The problem is, I'm extremely new to Linux & Solaris, & I've never tried this before. I have a single HDD 75 gig, & I've created 2 primary partitions (though only 1 could be made active using Partition Magic) & a bunch of other logical partitions. So is it possible to install all these on a single HDD & everything working decently? And if so, could someone start me off on how to go about doing this. Is there a particular order that I need to install these OSes? Or would that not make a difference?
Thanks a lot!!!
Mahesh

Look here:
http://math.uwb.edu.pl/~mariusz/dualboot/
(Your better post it in "Intel Platform Edition" forum)

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SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_147441-01 64-bit
Copyright (c) 1983, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Manoj ([email protected]):
Andrei Kvasyuk (guest) wrote:
: Hi !
: I'm developing applications on NT/Win95, but I'd like to use it
: in my Intranet with Application Server on Solaris/Linux. As far
: as I know fmx's format for NT is different against the one on
: UNIX. Is any way to crosscompile a form or I need to buy
: Developer for UNIX ?
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Manoj<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Hi,
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PS: I don't have access to e-mail until this is cleared up, so please post here.

Well, this is my solution to my problem:
I was able to install a second Win2k on my first hard drive to at least get back to my Win2k stuff. This leaves a total mess though, because now I have two user accounts, two installations, files pointing to the wrong place, registry settings all messed up, drivers installed twice, etc. So what I'm going to do is go ahead and install Linux, leave my Solaris partition alone (I think it's okay, though I can't boot to it w/o the CD), backup all the Win2k data and files I want to keep (not much -- it's a fresh computer), and then reformat my Win2k partition and reinstall Win2k.
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John

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Frank =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gr=FCtzmacher?= <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
Frank Grützmacher wrote:
Dear all !
I just wanted to inform
you, that the installer ..
bot the net.. and the package
installer don't
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make a custom installation,
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in the Solaris installer ..
Can anyone give me an advise
you can I get the workshop
on my solaris box ?
Thanks !
Frank

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