Adding FC5 to an XP computer -

[Mark Haney]

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?
>
> Any suggestions, reference material, etc. appreciated.
>
> Bob Goodwin
>
>
Here's something I learned kind of the hard way.  If you have a system 
that comes with a pre-built rescue partition (I know HP is notorious for 
this, which is where I had my problem), you might wind up having the 
rescue partition wipe the MBR after you install FC5 if you install grub 
to the MBR.  The rescue partition thought that the MBR changes were 
virus related so it wiped it clean and kept me from booting FC until I 
fixed it.


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Mark Haney
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