Adding FC5 to an XP computer -

[Aaron Konstam]

On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 15:07 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> 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
> 
There should noy be nay prolerm with this as long as WinXP is on the
first disk searched. The grub boot should be on the WinXP disk boot
sector.
-- 
Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>