On my home computer, boot loader is in the MBR without any problem. The only thing you have to know, if you ever have to reinstall XP (which is more than possible), you'll have to reinstall the boot loader as Windows will ignore what's there and install it's own.
Albert Charron -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anne Wilson Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 11:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [newbie] Installing a dual boot On Saturday 10 Sep 2005 08:05, SnapafunFrank wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > >I'm new to laptops, and need to keep XP, so I've re-sized partitions > >and started a Mandriva install. I've reached that early crunch-time, > >when the partition table is to be written. Before I go any further > >are there any caveats? > > > >Anne > > Yeah, been here and still haven't found out how to stop the " Heart in > the mouth " thing. Just gulp big time. OK - did that :-) Now - where to store boot loader. I've always put it on MBR before. Does that raise any problems with XP? Anne
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