Hi everybody, I am still here...but I use a "multiboot" system today. There are 3 internal hard disks in my system , so I keep the windows xp and I also use Ubuntu 9 (x86_64) and Fedora 13 (x86_64) (one hard disk for every OS). My Bios has some particularities (if I can say so - you are the experts) ! The user has the freedom to choose very easily up to 12 different bios settings every time the system boots. So if I choose Bios No 1 the Bios loads the settings I have made for the windows XP (Hard Disk Boot Priority- CPU Functions- etc). If I choose Bios No 2 I have my Fedora 13 and with Bios No 3 I have my Ubuntu. If I choose nothing I have my last Bios choise ! Think about it - it's very nice. There is an other critical particularity here. One of the Bios settings (High Presicion Event TImer - HPET mode) has to be set by the user in order to work with a 32 bit or a 64 bit OS ! So , this setting for the Win XP (my Bios No 1) must be set (by the user) to 32 bit, but for the Linux OSs must be set to 64 bit. Tomorrow I can add another hard disk and I can install windows 7 (64 bit)...making the responding and accurate Bios settings for this OS. But, try to understand the deepest meaning of this small detail. Mainly it is not good to run a 32 bit OS with a wrong HPET mode setting !! But, there is not only this, but a lot of other Bios settings especially made by the motherboard manufacturer for the Microsoft OSs (to the moment). So it is also not good today to have one Hard Disk MBR for all your OSs , because you will have the same Bios settings for every OS ! The Fedora 13 installation was easy because when I declare to the "installation wizard" that I give him one entire hard disk, it was installed without any question ! It has no relationship with other OSs. The Ubuntu installation wizard was more "social" and I didn't want it ! So, I disconnected the hard disks of win xp and Fedora 13 OSs and after that I made the Ubuntu Installation to the third hard disk as I really wanted - without questions about other OSs! I think you can understand me. By the way, my motherboard is Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 . Thanks a lot - I am here for any questions.
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