<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <tt>Elmo, I think either way is fine, just a matter of preference. The reason I do it my way is that sometimes the new Grub doesn't pick up all of the previous Linuxes. Editing menu.lst is a quick operation and I prefer the Grub I have. I'm glad you mentioned the other method as I think they're both valid. Cheers, </tt> -- Jonathan Dlouhy ============ "We are Microsoft. Resistance Is Futile. You Will Be Assimilated." elmo wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:48530D63.5070609@ne.rr.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I'm booting six Os'es, Windows XP and five Linux distros. It's pretty simple. Once you install the first Linux and set up Grub it's a simple matter of editing the menu.lst file in the /boot/grub directory of the first Linux and adding the others. Just make sure you don't let the subsequent Linux installs install a new Grub. In my experience that has worked best. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Some time ago, I had Windows plus 7 different linuxes installed and as each one was being installed, I set up its grub so the latest linux's grub would include the previously installed linuxes . The final linux's grub became the operative grub that could boot Windows or any of the linuxes. I don't agree with "make sure you don't let the subsequent Linux installs install a new Grub. In my experience that has worked best." (How can you run the latest and previous installs to check them?) Each subsequent installed GRUB will include all the previously installed Linuxes. Play safe and install GRUB with at least the final install. It will contain all the previously installed Linuxes. Otherwise, editing the final install's grub to include the previous installs can be quite a chore. Personally, I'd include GRUB with each install. This way you'll be able to check each install as they're installed. If you install GRUB with each subsequent install, you don't have to do any editing. elmo </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Cheers, -- Jonathan Dlouhy ============ "I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound largemouth bass in my lake." --George W. Bush stan wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I'd like to set my laptop up to boot 4 different OS'es. Those would be Ubuntu, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and XP. Can anyone suggest a way to do this? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>