Re: Windows XP upgrade

Ed Doyle wrote:

> My concern is how to do this without having Windows XP install wipe out
> the MBR and make it so I can not boot my linux system. Has anyone done
> this kind of upgrade and if so, what are the things to be careful of.

Well ... you might be able to pull something off by putting a different hard
disk in as your primary master and then installing to that ... but it would
probably be easier to let Windows zap your MBR then use a rescue disk to
boot Linux and restore it.

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