http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Need Advice on Tri-Booting en Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:30:49 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/need-advice-on-tri-booting#post-24539 Thu, 15 May 2008 22:17:55 +0000 jd2066 24539@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>If you just need a few Linux programs then a Virtual copy of Linux should work just fine.<br /> You only need to do a tri-boot of Linux if you want to use it as a main OS or play high graphics games on it. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/need-advice-on-tri-booting#post-24401 Thu, 15 May 2008 04:25:22 +0000 geek860 24401@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I have a Dell Inspirion 1520 running Vista HP. 2GB DDR (upgrading to 4GB), 160GB SATA (upgrading to 320), Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 @ 2.00Ghz. </p> <p>I am looking to run Vista, XP (I bought a new copy), and Fedora Linux. I always come across programs when I'm travelling that need different OSs and I want to avoid the need to borrow someone else's computer. </p> <p>I know how to do Vista &#38; XP dual-boot, with the ability to run Fedora virtually. However, I'm wondering if this is the best option or if I can tri-boot. Will the windows boot menu let me include linux in the list?</p> <p>Space, power, etc. are not issues. I just want to know which option is best to avoid a) hours of tweaking to make it all work and b) the highest risk. </p> <p>Note: I want to keep Vista as my primary OS, but I'll be booting into the other OSs pretty often. </p> <p>Thanks </p>