Adding FC5 to an XP computer -

[Tim]

Just quoting the salient points:

Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>> XP Home is already installed and I have no way to reinstall it, no o/s
>>> CD's are provided.


Tim:
>> If you want to keep the XP installation as-is, and the Linux completely
>> separate, I'd consider:
>>      2. Modifying the XP bootloader menu so that *it* is used to boot
>>         itself, or Linux.
>>      3. Copying a file copy of the Linux bootblock onto the XP drive for
>>         that XP bootloader to work with.


Aaron Konstam:
> Thhis used to be the wqay to do it in the RedHat Linux days. But for a
> long time under Fedora grub does the job without any extra effort.

Ordinarily, I'd use GRUB to handle booting, too.  But the original
poster mentioned not having any Windows install discs.  It seems prudent
to avoid altering the Windows installation in that situation.
Especially if one isn't familiar with fixing things up, after a problem,
the hard way.

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