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On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Michael Higgins <linux@×××××××.org> wrote: |
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> (Saw a similar thread, going the wrong way.) |
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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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> Cheers, |
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> | |ichael | |iggins \^ / |
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> michael.higgins[at]evolone[dot]org |
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I would be very careful about installing from OEM disks. My HP OEM |
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disks will actually blow ALL the partitions on the drive away, |
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repartition and reformat the whole drive back to the way it was |
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shipped from the factory. Better if you can find a regular retail copy |
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of XP. Note that in the case of this HP Vista license it only works |
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with the OEM install. The license is no good with a normal copy of |
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Vista. |
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The other issue I'm having right now is that XP is installed and the |
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machine boots just fine but a 2001 XP disk doesn't have drivers to |
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enable networking support so the machine cannot get to the net for |
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updates. I think now I'll start on the Gentoo install, get a drive set |
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up that the XP partition can see (small FAT or NTFS drive) and then |
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use Gentoo to get the drivers onto the system so that XP can start |
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working. You might not have that problem with your OEM disk as they |
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certainly have the right drivers for your hardware. |
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Hope this helps, |
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Mark |
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