Re: Adding FC5 to an XP computer -

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

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 sbcglobal net>