windows xp ubuntu and fedora 13 on 1tb harddrive?

[davidvandoren]

I want to setup windows xp, Ubuntu and fedora on the same 1TB hard-drive.
I have created three partitions with the xp setup.
600GB for windows
200GB for Ubuntu
150GB for Fedora 13


My thinking is
to setup windows on the first partition first
Then Ubuntu on the second
and last fedora on the third partition.

Is there anything I have to look out for?

[glennzo]

Is there anything I have to look out for?

Ubuntu's grub2. Take a little time to read up on booting Ubuntu and Fedora when Ubuntu uses grub2 and Fedora uses grub legacy. There will be a few minor issues that you need to be aware of so that there won't be any confusion. Booting Windows shouldn't be an issue either way.

[smr54]

The only thought is that if you install Fedora second, it will see Windows and be able to add it to its grub. Then, Ubuntu will see both and be able to add them to *its* grub.

However, if you install Ubuntu second and Fedora third, Fedora won't be able to see Ubuntu. It's not all that hard to add Ubuntu to Fedora's grub, but if you save Ubuntu for last, you shouldn't have to manually reconfigure grub.

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Heh, I see quiet Glenn typed more quickly than I did. Sigh, I keep echoing people.

[davidvandoren]

Thanks
I changed my mind and install Ubuntu last.
Is there an option for Ubuntu to install the grub instead of grub2?
And the Ubuntu side recommends installing the 32bit version instead of 64.
I want to do a lot of video editing is there any advantage in using 64 bits?

[glennzo]

Here's the deal when Ubuntu's grub2 is running the booting show. If there is a Fedora kernel update it will not be picked up on by Ubuntu's grub2 unless you first boot into Ubuntu and run sudo update-grub. Once you've done that the boot menu is updated and you will be able to choose it (the newest Fedora kernel)from the boot menu.

[davidvandoren]

Originally Posted by glennzo

Here's the deal when Ubuntu's grub2 is running the booting show. If there is a Fedora kernel update it will not be picked up on by Ubuntu's grub2 unless you first boot into Ubuntu and run sudo update-grub. Once you've done that the boot menu is updated and you will be able to choose it (the newest Fedora kernel)from the boot menu.

I think that's not too much of a problem.

My only concern right now is 32bit or 64bit.

Which one is better supported hardware and software wise?

[smr54]

You should have no trouble with 64 bit, not sure why Ubuntu advocates using 32 bit. Flash, at present, is only available in 32 bit (though there may be some 64 bit rpms still floating around--but that version of flash had a vulnerability), but, in Fedora at least---hrrm, and yes, in Ubuntu as well, it's quite easy to have it work in 64 bit browsers.

On occasion, some program may only be available in 32 bit. In Fedora, and I suspect, though I don't know, in Ubuntu, the package manager will take care of that--for example, if you download program X-32bit and it needs libraryY.so in 32 bit, yum will pull in that library. Skype is an exception, as it's a 3rd party program, but it's also quite easy to get running on a 64 bit system. (In that case a bit easier in ubuntu as the "fix" option of apt will pull in all libraries, while with Fedora you have to get them manually--there are various threads on the forum about what is needed.)

So, I really can't see any reason not to use 64 bit. (Note that I have no experience with video editing.)