Laptop Dual boot with WinXP

[Aaron Konstam]

On Wed, 2007-07-11 at 12:33 -0400, Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
> Where can I get the best information on
> how to install FC7 as dual boot with
> WinXP on a Compaq laptop?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike.
> 
The good news is that it is easy to do. You should install WinXP first
in the first partition on the disk, Then install f7   and tell the
installer to leave the XP partition alone. Once it is installed f7 , XP
will show up in grub.conf as Other and choosing that option will boot
XP.

Now the bad news. Compaq has traditionally installed a special partition
as the first partition if you buy the machine with XP installed. Dell
does the same thing. This partition is used to restore XP.

So it is best thing is to have a copy of XP. Start the installation of
Linux up to the partitioning step and repartition the disk to remove
this partition. Then abort the Linux install and install the WinXP in
the first partition. Continue as described above.

-- 
Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>