How to reinstall windows xp

[David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud)]

michael_wright at aapt.net.au wrote:

>Hi guys 
>
>I'm trying to re-install windows XP home on an acer Aspire 3610,
>I'm using fedrocore 4 as a operating server. how can i install windows
>xp home. 
>
>need it to remotely loggin to my server using xp home..
>
>Regars
>Michael 
>
I ended up keeping Windows XP Home as a dual boot option on my HP 
Pavilion laptop.  Seems that's the only way HP lets you do things like 
update the BIOS and there are some windows only accessible controls 
(e.g., if you disable the wireless LAN in Windows, you can't re-enable 
it from Linux).  When I discovered these two "features," I ended up 
re-installing.  I first installed Windows XP from the restore media that 
came with the laptop on a 10GB partition and then installed Fedora.  FC4 
recognized the Windows partition and let me set it up in the GRUB boot 
menu.  I also set up a 2GB FAT partition since FAT is safely read/write 
from both OSes.  Both OSes work fine and I'm about due for my monthly 
reboot to Windoze to pick up an update from HP.

If you don't have unallocated space sufficient for an XP install on this 
system, there was a long discussion about shrinking a live ext3 
partition not all that long ago on this list.  I think the bottom line 
was that there wasn't a way to do from with a running FC4 instance that 
needed that partition.  I chalked that bit of knowledge up to "nice to 
know if the situation ever comes up but will probably change in the 
future."  You may want to dig again and see if its feasible.

Cheers,
Dave