Can I run Vista Basic +Win2000+Ubuntu?

[Walter Donavan]

Is it possible? If so, how do I do it? I probably need detailed
instructions, although I am an experienced computer (my career) and Windows
person. (3.1 on up).

I have a new Dell Vostro 220 with Home preinstalled. No Vista DVD; just the
recovery DVD and partition.

I am presently running Vista Home Basic, with Ubuntu 8.10 running as a
program under Vista.

I no longer run Win 2000 because I wanted to try just Vista. However, Vista
won't install and/or run all my old programs (even after adjusting for
oldness) and I miss many of them, such as PSP6 and others.

Therefore I want to run a triple boot system, so I can:

(a) Use Vista and later Windows 7 if it is better.
(b) Continue to play with Ubuntu. (I mainly use the games.)
(c) Use my old pgms (mostly gfx) with Win2000.

Can I do this? Or is there a better, still free, way?

I live on Social Security, so I can't upgrade many/any old pgms. I am happy
with my oldsters (I'm old too; I'll be 70 in less than 2 weeks) and I want
to use them as they are if possible.

Many thanks in advance.

Walterius
Fort Lauderdale

 

[Gordon]

Therefore I want to run a triple boot system, so I can:

(a) Use Vista and later Windows 7 if it is better.
(b) Continue to play with Ubuntu. (I mainly use the games.)
(c) Use my old pgms (mostly gfx) with Win2000.

Can I do this? Or is there a better, still free, way?

Why not run W2K in a Virtual PC?

 

[ray]

Is it possible? If so, how do I do it? I probably need detailed
instructions, although I am an experienced computer (my career) and
Windows person. (3.1 on up).

I have a new Dell Vostro 220 with Home preinstalled. No Vista DVD; just
the recovery DVD and partition.

I am presently running Vista Home Basic, with Ubuntu 8.10 running as a
program under Vista.

I no longer run Win 2000 because I wanted to try just Vista. However,
Vista won't install and/or run all my old programs (even after adjusting
for oldness) and I miss many of them, such as PSP6 and others.

Therefore I want to run a triple boot system, so I can:

(a) Use Vista and later Windows 7 if it is better. (b) Continue to play
with Ubuntu. (I mainly use the games.) (c) Use my old pgms (mostly gfx)
with Win2000.

Can I do this? Or is there a better, still free, way?

I live on Social Security, so I can't upgrade many/any old pgms. I am
happy with my oldsters (I'm old too; I'll be 70 in less than 2 weeks)
and I want to use them as they are if possible.

Many thanks in advance.

Walterius
Fort Lauderdale

As I understand it, the preferred way to do that would be to install
win2k first then vista. At this point I think vista will control the boot
for both MS os's. Then install Ubuntu in it's own partition and it will
set up the multi boot (actually, as I understand it, it sets up a dual
boot for either Ubuntu or the vista controlled MS dual boot).

I agree with the other responder, that the simplest solution would
probably be to run win2k in a virtual machine within the vista host.

 

[webster72n]

Walter, dual booting with Vista is more difficult and you may need a
third party boot manager to do it. The other option, using a "Virtual
Machine" is easier to manage and to back up, except the graphics you
want may not always be available.

Another option is to get a slide in drive tray and actually swap disk
drives, a new machine should easily do this because SATA drives don't
need a complicated inner case. None of these are really "Simple" to set
up of course.

Let's go with the Virtual Machine idea (VM). What this does is run a
program that makes your hardware appear to the operating system being
"Hosted" as different hardware. In other words the VM supplied free by
Microsoft is supposed to make your real OS (Vista) appear as a machine
that W2000 or Ubuntu is running on. Unfortunately I've tried Ubuntu with
the MS virtual machine software and it's a complete failure. What does
work well is to run Sun Microsystems' Virtualbox under Ubuntu and then
run Vista or XP within that environment. This would mean using Ubuntu as
your main system and "Hosting Vista and W2000" as guests. You lose
things like "Aero".

It's kinda bad manners to post pictures in a newsgroup but here's what I
am talking about and I expect 27KB won't bring any of Microsoft's
servers down. This is a 2001 machine (Upgraded somewhat) running Ubuntu
and "Hosting" Vista and XP both at the same time and using two monitors.

That sounds all well and good, but I have ubuntu as a guest under Vista H/P
and it installed 100%. The only thing wrong in my case is my dial-up
networking situation and the printer choice. In order to get it working I
would have to do some intricate work involving the modem, or change to
broadband and in case of the printer, choose an HP model instead of the
Lexmark I have.
Otherwise it would operate perfectly in virtual mode.

Harry.

 

[Billy Sec]

Is it possible? If so, how do I do it? I probably need detailed
instructions, although I am an experienced computer (my career) and Windows
person. (3.1 on up).

I have a new Dell Vostro 220 with Home preinstalled. No Vista DVD; just the
recovery DVD and partition.

I am presently running Vista Home Basic, with Ubuntu 8.10 running as a
program under Vista.

I no longer run Win 2000 because I wanted to try just Vista. However, Vista
won't install and/or run all my old programs (even after adjusting for
oldness) and I miss many of them, such as PSP6 and others.

Therefore I want to run a triple boot system, so I can:

(a) Use Vista and later Windows 7 if it is better.
(b) Continue to play with Ubuntu. (I mainly use the games.)
(c) Use my old pgms (mostly gfx) with Win2000.

Can I do this? Or is there a better, still free, way?

I live on Social Security, so I can't upgrade many/any old pgms. I am happy
with my oldsters (I'm old too; I'll be 70 in less than 2 weeks) and I want
to use them as they are if possible.

If you at least have 3 primary partitions, you can do it with
http://jawade.nl/binaries/HWBOOT803ED.zip
You have to put GRUB into the Ubuntu-bootrecord.
Then replace the Windows-MBR
Install HWBOOT
Choose at a reboot for remove HWBOOT
Choose the partition for W2K
If there is nothing yet, booting fails.
Reboot with the W2K CD and install it.
Install HWBOOT
Ready.

 

[Galen Somerville]

Is it possible? If so, how do I do it? I probably need detailed instructions, although I
am an experienced computer (my career) and Windows person. (3.1 on up).

I have a new Dell Vostro 220 with Home preinstalled. No Vista DVD; just the recovery DVD
and partition.

I am presently running Vista Home Basic, with Ubuntu 8.10 running as a program under
Vista.

I no longer run Win 2000 because I wanted to try just Vista. However, Vista won't
install and/or run all my old programs (even after adjusting for oldness) and I miss
many of them, such as PSP6 and others.

Therefore I want to run a triple boot system, so I can:

(a) Use Vista and later Windows 7 if it is better.
(b) Continue to play with Ubuntu. (I mainly use the games.)
(c) Use my old pgms (mostly gfx) with Win2000.

Can I do this? Or is there a better, still free, way?

I live on Social Security, so I can't upgrade many/any old pgms. I am happy with my
oldsters (I'm old too; I'll be 70 in less than 2 weeks) and I want to use them as they
are if possible.

Many thanks in advance.

Walterius
Fort Lauderdale

70 is old?
I just turned 81
Galen