On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 14:33 -0400, 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?
If you want to keep the XP installation as-is, and the Linux completely
separate, I'd consider:
1. Installing Linux onto the other drive, and only that other
drive.
2. Modifying the XP bootloader menu so that *it* is used to boot
itself, or Linux.
3. Copying a file copy of the Linux bootblock onto the XP drive for
that XP bootloader to work with.
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