Help needed in configuring triple boot on macbookpro

John K Masters johnmasters at me.com
Tue Aug 26 17:03:18 UTC 2008


On 09:02 Tue 26 Aug     , arun chakrapani rao wrote:
> Hi Gurus,
> I have a mackbookpro with 10.5.2 MAC OSX installed in it.
> I am trying to install xp and ubuntu both on this system but in vain.
> I went through the doc(Preparing to Install Ubuntu alongside OS X & Windows XP (Triple Boot) )of ubuntu in  
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro
> 
> both the software did get installed but when i click on windows or unbuntu in the boot option, it shows an error message saying
> No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key.
> 
> Can anybody please let me know as to how get this solved,
> What am i missing here.
> I am novice in these system configuration.
> 
> Hence I would appreciate if anybody could help me out on this issue.
> 
> thanks in advance

You may want to have a look at this page:
http://wiki.onmac.net/index.php/Triple_Boot_via_BootCamp

It can be done but it is not for the faint hearted.

-- 
Regards, John




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