Didn’t go perfectly.

I’ve done what I’ve written on the previous post with mixed success. Here’s what I did:

1. Inserted OSx86 Install Disc (10.5.6).
2. Disk Utility: 7 Partitions
1. Windows 7 x64 (15GB, FAT)
2. Linux Mint + Swap, since Disk Utility won’t do partitions smaller than 1GB (7.5GB, FAT)
3. openSUSE (7GB, FAT)
4. Damn Small Linux (1GB, FAT)
5. Haiku OS (2GB, FAT)
6. Storage Partition (20GB, FAT)
7. Macintosh HD [20GB, Mac OS Extended (Journaled)]
3. Added non-vanilla patches:
1. Drivers for my laptop
2. Darwin 9.2.0 netkas sleep kernel
3. Dual Boot Time Sync
4. NTFS-3G and MacFUSE (Essential for any Mac with Windows partitions)
5. OSx86 Utilities
6. Chameleon bootloader
4. Install took 40 minutes on my noisy, transplanted Combo Drive from 2001 (probably just a 4x on the DVD-ROM side)
5. Won’t boot (boot1 error?). Maybe GRUB will fix it?
6. Windows 7’s turn. Just asked me to reformat the 15GB partition to a NTFS one. Didn’t need the 100MB that my previous 32-bit install asked for.
7. Hard drive action totaled 45 minutes. Restarted 3 times (scanned the system on one of the passes). The good part of it all was that it didn’t need much interaction from the user.
8. Damn Small Linux, then. DSL can’t see the hard drive. Ugh, I really need to read into the workings of the MBR.
9. openSUSE – first time installing it. Color scheme and overall feel better than Linux Mint/Ubuntu IMO, but nothing special. Had to do a manual partition configuration ‘cause the auto’un put /home in the partition meant for ‘Mint. Install proper took 14 minutes. It did a 3 minute-long configure after the reboot, and it didn’t even see my WiFi!
10. Haiku’s next. You can choose to use it as a LiveCD or to directly proceed to install. Partitioned 2GB FAT as BeFS. Installation is reminiscent of the Classic Mac OS install process(Except that old Mac OS can’t handle partitioning. EDIT: It can but not during installation. The live-floppies/CDs came with Disk Utilities). Very simple. Even if the .iso only took half of the space of the CD, installation took as long as openSUSE. Doesn’t come with a bootloader. That’s what Mint is for.
11. Insert ‘Mint CD, bypass LiveCD and go straight to the install. Standard Ubuntu fare. Manual partitioning: divided partition into two – ext4 for / and a 500mb linux-swap. Linux Mint achieved the best time: 13 minutes.
12. Boot into ‘Mint. Whip up Terminal.
13. $ sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
14. Add line (Mint sees Windows 7 easily enough):
• title     Haiku
• rootnoverify     (hd0,8)
• chainloader     +1
•  
• title     openSUSE 11.1 KDE
• root    (hd0,6)
• kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-9-default
• root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS541680J9SA00_SB2204SGCSVVSE-part7
• resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS541680J9SA00_SB2204SGCSVVSE-part2
• splash=silent
• vga=0x317
• initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.7-9-default
•  
• title     Mac OS X Leopard
• rootnoverify     (hd0,4)
• chainloader     +1
15. Everything boots, except OS X.