On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 10:57, Mathew Brown wrote: > the guy calls me an idiot in more than those words for posting > whatever wherver, and making me look like an idiot. > I get an OBSCENE amount of e-mail in one day from this news letter, > every question everyone asks. and i get slammed for posting that?! Did > i say i still needed help with what you helped me with yesterday? NO I > said i was working on that and i'd get it fixed eventually, my > question was can and how do i install fc2 along side windows XP with > my current configuration. > > the Matt fellow didn't even address my question, how can i install > linux on this machine with windows xp on it, instad he blasts for for > not responding to posts i've maid, well I use outlook express, so it's > kind of hard to change thing's i've allready mailed. > > but if this is the smugness one gets for asking help i'd rather use > winblows ---- there are a number of protocols that people expect to be followed and not everyone is polite about it - especially when people steal other threads, post in html etc. Anyway - To install dual-boot / you need to have free space on the hard drive that is not partitioned/formatted or can be reformatted for linux use (i.e. it will toast anything with windows files on it). You may want to google methods of installing dual-boot for instructions. If this is a laptop, you might want to check www.linux-on-laptops.com any new user needs to see this... <http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-July/msg00595.html> Craig
