Creating dual-boot machine
Matthew Saltzman
mjs at ces.clemson.edu
Wed Feb 23 18:02:13 UTC 2005
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Paul Howarth wrote:
> Zoltan Kota wrote:
>>> Yes, install WinXP first and leave enough unpartitioned space on
>>> the disk for Linux installation, then install FC3 in the free
>>> space.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Should I create all the
>>>> partitions first and then to install?
>>>
>>> No, let the installation program for each OS create the
>>> partitions for that OS.
>>
>>
>>
>> And should I let linux install grub in MBR?? Does it work? With FC2 there
>> were problems booting winxp after installing FC2 on a
>> separate disk.
>> (We had to reinstall the whole winxp)
>
> The FC2 problem that you're referring to wasn't a grub issue, and it's been
> fixed in FC3 anyway. If you want to use grub as your main bootloader, install
> it in the MBR. If you want to use the Windows bootloader, install grub in the
> root/boot FC3 partition and add an entry to your Windows boot.ini file to
> chain-load grub from there.
Or install GRUB in /boot and use fdisk to make that the active partition.
Then GRUB will be your main bootloader but things that check or modify the
MBR won't break themselves or it.
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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