Re: Adding FC5 to an XP computer -

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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