Adding FC5 to an XP computer -

Bob Goodwin bobgoodwin at wildblue.net
Wed Aug 30 19:07:55 UTC 2006


Paul Smith wrote:
> On 8/30/06, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net> 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,
>
> Do you have spare hard disk space not allocated to Windows XP?
>
> Paul
>

I assume the present drive is entirely formatted as a Windows partition, 
it's a factory install?

That's why I elected to use a second drive for Linux.  The existing 
drive is 80G and 10G would be more than enough for XP which gets little 
use ...

BobG




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