How to Triple Boot Your Hackintosh with Windows and Linux [How-to]

By far the easiest way to triple boot your Hackintosh is to install your other operating systems to separate hard drives. Chameleon can see operating systems on any hard drive in your computer, and one of the advantages of building a desktop is that you have tons of extra drive bays to fill up. Chances are you probably have some extra drives lying around anyways, so this wouldn't be too out of the way. This method doesn't even warrant a how-to—you just install your extra drives in your system, then install Windows and Linux on each one using the default settings. You can even stick them Linux and Windows on the same drive, if you want—it's only when all three get together that you start to have problems. Photo by Justin Ruckman.

If, for some reason, you want to keep them all on the same drive, roll up your sleeves and read on.

The Complicated Method: One Drive to Boot Them All

Putting all three OSes on one drive isn't difficult, but you do need to perform all the steps correctly and in the right order, or you'll be left with a confused mess on your machine. The only big advantage of this method is if you don't have any extra hard drives lying around, or if you have a large enough SSD and want to take advantage of its speed in all three OSes.

Step One: Partition Your Drive

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