Re: Dual Boot

From: Kerry Sanders (dirgon_at_NOSPAMyahoo.com)
Date: 02/09/04 

Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 19:50:40 -0600

Kevin Nathan wrote:

>> Does anyone have any insights into how I can dual boot - given the
>> current hardware config?
>
> I think I can safely say I've never seen this problem before -- SUSE,
> and other distros, are usually pretty good about setting up the dual
> boot scenario with Windows.

I did have a situation with my desktop where the SuSE 9.0 install did not
setup menu.lst correctly for GRUB to properly boot my Windows partition. I
had to quickly edit it and map the drives.

The SuSE 9.0 install did setup my Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop properly as a
dual boot with Windows XP, however.

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