Hello,
I guess this error is the XP dual boot bug.
see how to get around it at http://lwn.net/Articles/86835/
The way they advise to avoid it worked fine for me though I still got the error message. W2k booted fine though I never use it and should probably just ax it.
(note -- I posted this as a search of the archives gave nothing when I searched for the error message that I got during the install) -- Shawn
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