On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:05, Yuri de Groot wrote: > Nick: > > whats wrong with: > > > > 1. booting from the cd to install the os on hdb > > 2. grub or lilo for booting from then on. > > Because then grub or lilo would need to reside on the mbr of > the primary master, which XP might not like. My brother and > I are wary of messing with the XP disk at all. From past > experience, some OEM XP recovery disks don't work at all > after the mbr is over-written. > YMMV but *my* personal mileage has left me gun shy. I can understand that!!
> By leaving the XP mbr untouched we'll feel safer. And as > Lance B said, the boot.ini approach works for some people, > and that's the solution we've chosen. > > If it was my computer, linux would *replace* XP, but my > brother's requirements are different. Give your brother time, and he will find that he is spending more and more time in Linux, and only boots into XP for that one app. he has to run to get a particular job done. Another completely safe approach is to make a boot floppy for the Linux install. It's a good safety harness anyway. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
