On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 15:07 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > Paul Smith wrote: > > On 8/30/06, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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, > > > > Do you have spare hard disk space not allocated to Windows XP? > > > > Paul > > > > I assume the present drive is entirely formatted as a Windows partition, > it's a factory install? > > That's why I elected to use a second drive for Linux. The existing > drive is 80G and 10G would be more than enough for XP which gets little > use ... > > BobG > There should noy be nay prolerm with this as long as WinXP is on the first disk searched. The grub boot should be on the WinXP disk boot sector. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
