Bob Goodwin wrote:
I'm about to add an 80G sata second drive to a Dell 2.8G XP computer
that I wish to boot to both Linux and Windows XP. I have the FC5 DVD
from which I intend to do the install.
What do I need to know before I start? XP Home is already installed
and I have no way to reinstall it, no o/s CD's are provided. There
will probably be choices for locating boot and grub, what is best to
do there?
Any suggestions, reference material, etc. appreciated.
Bob Goodwin
Here's something I learned kind of the hard way. If you have a system
that comes with a pre-built rescue partition (I know HP is notorious for
this, which is where I had my problem), you might wind up having the
rescue partition wipe the MBR after you install FC5 if you install grub
to the MBR. The rescue partition thought that the MBR changes were
virus related so it wiped it clean and kept me from booting FC until I
fixed it.
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Mark Haney
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