help installing Xp into FC6 drive?

Thierry Sayegh De Bellis linux at glossolalie.org
Tue Nov 28 09:11:44 UTC 2006


Moif Murphy wrote:
> On 28/11/06, Thierry Sayegh De Bellis <linux at glossolalie.org> wrote:
>> Mike Chambers wrote:
>>
>> > Unless something has changed, Windows likes to be the first OS on the
>> > computer (In other words, C:\ drive).  I don't believe it will
>> > install/run any other way. You may need to repartition and install
>> > Windows first, then Fedora afterwards.
>> >
>> Well, there is a trick around this by remapping the hdd within grub.conf
>> that gives you something like
>>
>> title Windows XP
>>         map (hd0) (hd1)
>>         map (hd1) (hd0)
>>         rootnoverify (hd1,0)
>>         makeactive
>>         chainloader +1
>>
>> Look through the list archive for the thread "Dual boot fedora and
>> windoz-xp" or read
>> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=116009942500003&r=1&w=2
>>
>> hth
>>
>> Thierry
>>
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> 
> Hi, new here.
> 
> Does it have to be Windows XP? Can you not find a copy of Win2K and
> run it in a Virtual?
> 
Define Virtual?
If Virtual machine yes you could but you don't get the full processing
power of the machine since you're using the host OS.
if by w2k you mean dual boot, the above *should* work

disclaimer: i never needed to do this since i do not use Windows.

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