My desktop PC is a Dell. It is multiboot. It has Windows ME, Fedora 9, and Ubuntu 8.10. It has two HDDs. HDA contains Windows ME. GRUB is installed in the MBR of HDA. HDB contains Fedora and Ubuntu.
I recently obtained possession of a Dell Windows XP installation CD. I'm trying to use this CD to replace Windows ME on HDA with Windows XP. The Windows XP installation procedure ran for 5-10 minutes and then restarted the PC (multiple PC restarts are a standard part of XP installation). At the time of restart, the XP installer indicated that the install would complete in 50 minutes. When the PC restarted, it displayed my standard GRUB menu rather than continuing the XP install. What do I need to do to have the Windows XP install run to completion? Side note: The XP installation CD is supposed to be bootable. It didn't boot for me. When I restarted the PC (in order to begin the XP install), my GRUB menu was displayed. (My BIOS is set to check CD ahead of HDD. Knoppix CD boots OK). I started the XP install from Windows ME. _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 4 - TBD - 6th Birthday Mar 7 - Web Hack-a-thon - SUNY Newpaltz Apr 1 - TBD
