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Am Montag, den 05.09.2005, 06:38 -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht: |
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> Hi, |
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> Is it possible to put Windows XP an a second drive in a Linux box |
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> and have Windows be happy? |
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Should work. |
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> 1) I'm pretty sure that grub will have no problems with this, correct? |
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Not really since Windows XP will quite likely overwrite the MBR of the |
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bootable partition. I guess you will have to re-install Grub afterwards. |
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But I'd say that's harmless. |
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> 2) Will Windows be happy if it's the only OS on a non-boot drive? |
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No Windows version that I know of had ever a problem with that. |
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> I've done lots of dual boot machines before but there were always |
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> Windows on the main drive and System Commander to get me to Linux. I |
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> don't want to use System Commander this time. |
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What's System Commander? BTW it doesn't make much difference to install |
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Windows and Linux the "other way round". As long as you install and |
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correctly configure Grub or Lilo afterwards. |
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> Thanks, |
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> Mark |
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