Adding FC5 to an XP computer -
Ronald Warsow
rwarsow at gmx.de
Wed Aug 30 23:53:52 UTC 2006
On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 16:24 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> Ronald Warsow 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.
> >>
> > is there no i386 tree under c:\windows\ ?
> >
> I had to boot the Windows computer to answer you.
>
> Yes I see a c:\i386 directory full of cryptic file names that don't mean
> much to me?
> 6709 files taking up 896,693,633 bytes in 11 directories and
> 66,304,417,792 bytes free
>
> What can I do with that?
this is the i386 tree from a normal xp-installation cd !
there is a tool to generate a complete xp-installation-cd from that
tree.
sorry, i can provide the link for the *german* version of that tool,
only.
http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp/06/03/202/
but i'm sure there is a english version in the internet.
key word: "slip stream"
>
> BobG
>
> PS: We are having thunderstorms in the area and my satellite signal
> is cut off by the rain. I'll send this later ...
>
> >
> >> There will
> >> probably be choices for locating boot and grub, what is best to do there?
> >>
> >> Any suggestions, reference material, etc. appreciated.
> >>
> >> Bob Goodwin
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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