Dual boot Windows and linux works OK...I have a hard drive like that. BUT, it can be trouble as indicated by the Ubuntu chatrooms and folks with MBR and grub headaches. Live Linux CDs can solve that problem. It's easy to save a "persistence" file with Puppy Linux without dual boot worries. AND it's impossible to mess up a live CD OS as long as you keep a backup copy of the persistence file!
P. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Persistence file sounds like a good way to run all demo disks or to "get one's feet wet". Is this a switch on distros that keep getting mentioned like ubuntu, mandriva, mint, . . . . ? Puppy seems not to be mentioned. Hummm? David K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- In [email protected], "Aditya Dhage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Check if your BIOS detects your HDD, if not problem is with HDD. > Since you have an upgrade version of XP, I assume you already have > some windows version installed on your HD partition. > XP upgrade is done from within windows, so probably it should already > know about your HD. > > Somehow I feel this is more related to windows rather than linux. > If you face any issues while installing linux, post it here, the group > members would be glad to help you out. > > regards, > Aditya > > On 11/29/08, m_alexander61 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, all! > > I wish to replace Vista with XP on a new laptop, then partition the > > hd to share XP and Linux (still haven't decided which distro, I like > > most all of 'em). XP is needed for some older s'ware and h'ware, but > > my new XP upgrade doesn't recognize the harddrive when trying to load > > it. Any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance, > > Mark > > P.S. The XP is an upgrade version, so I assume that it can only be > > installed with an existing version of Windows. ____________________________________________________________ Click here for free information on nursing degrees, up to $150/hour http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw2bNHw11bXDjfjvui9Fz4lUpEMxO45OVYeDoz53qoOiejffc/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
