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On 2 May 2008, at 18:52, Michael Higgins wrote: |
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> I have a laptop with a spare partition waiting for WinXP, to install |
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> from Dell OEM disks that came originally. |
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> Is this possible? I understand XP will overwrite the MBR. So, I'd have |
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> to re-install grub & that's it? '-) |
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See also Mark Knecht's reply to your message (2 May 2008 19:03:38 |
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BDT) and my reply to that (just now). |
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But IME all you need to do, after installing XP & losing Grub's MBR |
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is reboot from a Gentoo LiveCD and run the `grub` command, as shown |
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as Code Listing 2.29 of the Gentoo Linux x86 Quick Install Guide. |
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I wouldn't call this "installing Grub" - as that, to me, implies |
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emerging the rest of Grub, too (and that's not necessary), but I see |
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the Quick Install Guide does. |
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That done, the laptop will boot normally to Gentoo, and you can edit |
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grub.conf to add a chainloader section which points to the |
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appropriate partition. |
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Stroller. |
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