As far as I know much about BeOS, I really want to setup my system for a tri-boot. Partition 1-Windows NT Partition 2-BeOS Partition 3-Linux I'm using BeOS BootMan. The only problem is BootMan can't find Linux's Boot Signature. Also I have BootMan pointing to Linux's /boot partition. Any ideas, suggestions anyone can give? Am I doing something wrong somewhere. My real question is: How do I get BootMan to boot Linux.

Someone knows for sure, maybe betips.net. I was reading a lot of bootloader info at ranish.com. Quite a lot of info there and a small app to check your partition info. I highly recommend using it at least to check your partition info. Use care. It is powerfull.

Well, I have never used BootMan but I'm multi-booting: Win2K and Win 98 SuSE Linux 7.3 BeOS 5 Solaris 8 I use the Linux boot manager Lilo without any problems. I put the Lilo in the MBR. Try Lilo if you can do without BootMan. Good luck !

As I remember the last time I was foolish enough to put linux on there was a question about the loader on the install screen. I know I did do it wrong. Moog may be correct that it needs to go on the partition that loads linux. He is using the MBR area but lilo can also be put on the ext2 partition. Then point to the lilo in bootman. Did you read the how to's at ranish.com?

My solution was to install Grub in the Linux partition, with bootman in the MBR. Bootman can boot Grub, and on to Linux from there. Here is my setup: MBR: BeOS Bootman -Windows 98 -BeOS -QNX Neutrino -Lycoris -FreeBSD -GRUB (installed on Linux partition) --Mandrake 7.2 --Oberon Similar to what Jefro says, for the love of God please double-check your partitions with Ranish Partition Manager, a very reliable Windows application. If you used any of the Linux or Solaris partitioning tools, chances are that there are problems. There should be no red-highlighted entries (errors). Moog, I don't know how you did it, but I tried for a week to install Solaris, Mandrake, BeOS, and Windows on the same hard drive. Many, many problems including overlapping partitions, gaps in hard drive space, errors related to Solaris and Linux Swap having the same file type, and more. You're a better person than I if Ranish shows no overlapping partitions or gaps on your system! Best luck to everyone, Bob

Moog, I found the original description of my problems still posted from months ago at another forum: "Solaris was the most particular OS I have installed. First off, it takes two *primary* partitions on the *master* drive. As near as I can tell, from days of fooling with it, install Windows first, then Solaris, then Linux. Install BeOS last, because it will gladly install on any partition on any drive; Mandrake Linux 7.2 wouldn't install on a logical partition unless it is the first item." "Solaris didn't like partitions created by any other partition manager - always read them as overlapping. And the Solaris partitioning tool left unused space between other partitions. Also, had some trouble running Linux (swap errors) after Solaris was installed, probably because the Linux Swap file system and the Solaris file system are the same." "I've read instructions on installing Linux and Solaris together, and they say to install Linux first. Well, that won't work if you install Windows also, because if Linux is installed on a primary partition there won't be enough partitions left." So naturally, I gave up! Would love to hear how you did it. Install Solaris on dedicated hard drive in Master slot, then switch drive to Slave?

Might have to hide partitions while installing other OS's and keep backup MBR's?