[Gllug] XP - Linux dual boot

[Doug Winter]

On Thu 02 Oct Phil Reynolds wrote:
> Install XP first, using no more than two primary partitions on the hard
> disk. Leave plenty of unallocated room for Linux.

Yep.  The danger is that windows will trample all over your boot loader
if you install linux first.  Not the end of the world if it does (as
long as you've got bootable linux media kicking about to boot from so
you can fix it), but it's neater to install windows first.

> lilo can easily be set up to boot Windows. Not sure about other boot
> loaders. Having recently got a machine from work with XP on it but
> needing Linux, I have done all this. I use Debian, but I would think
> that RedHat would be at least as co-operative.

Grub works nicely too.  Not tried with XP mind, but I doubt M$ have
changed the bootloader much from win2k.

Cheers,

Doug.

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