1 |
Some OEM disks give you no alternative but to format all. Such as a |
2 |
recovery partition. Always XP first. |
3 |
|
4 |
deface |
5 |
|
6 |
On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 01:27 +0000, James wrote: |
7 |
> Michael Higgins <linux <at> evolone.org> writes: |
8 |
> |
9 |
> |
10 |
> > I have a laptop with a spare partition waiting for WinXP, to install |
11 |
> > from Dell OEM disks that came originally. |
12 |
> |
13 |
> > Is this possible? I understand XP will overwrite the MBR. So, I'd have |
14 |
> > to re-install grub & that's it? '-) |
15 |
> |
16 |
> The easiest thing to do is install XP first. Then use the microsoft utilities |
17 |
> (I forget the name) to shrink down the size of the partition (usually about |
18 |
> 50%). Then install Gentoo in the space that XP is not occupying. |
19 |
> |
20 |
> |
21 |
> James |
22 |
> |
23 |
> |
24 |
> |
25 |
|
26 |
-- |
27 |
gentoo-user@l.g.o mailing list |