On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 00:19 +0930, Tim wrote: > 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. > Thhis used to be the wqay to do it in the RedHat Linux days. But for a long time under Fedora grub does the job without any extra effort. -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
