It's a lot more problematic to install windows after linux then the other way around. Windows wants to mess with the boot sector.
might check this out: http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html Mike On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 3:34 PM, John covici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. I am trying to install Windows XP on a system which has > partition 1 as an ntfs empty partition, and other partitions of the > disk have Linux on them. When I try to do this, after hitting enter > to select the partition, I get a message saying that the disk has no > XP compatible partition. I even tried deleteing and creating a > partition from the windows setup screen and itdid not do any good > along with messing up the partition table. Anyone have a clue? > > Thanks. > > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
