I have installed XP, and it does overwrite the /mbr with a nt loader. I really screwed it up by not uninstalling mcafee virus scan, which casued me 3 days of troubles. Make a boot disk,
On the topic of XP though, I thik it is actually very good. I have had it installed for about 2 months now, and it has not crashed once, I am very surprised how stable it is. Phil Deane http://www.MiracleExpress.force9.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aedan McGhie/Scotland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 1:49 AM Subject: [scottish] XP install > I'm toying with installing XP to see what the broo ha ha is all about. > > At the moment I've got the disk with a Linux boot sector, Win Me, > Linux 2.4 and a Linux swap. I read something about XP trashing the > MBR which I assume would mess with LiLo and make it tricky to get > back into Linux. I don't have a boot floppy. > > Can I install XP on the FAT partition and not mess up Linux? > > As well as LiLo I've got xosl and Boot Magic but they're not > installed, LiLo is. > > aedan > -- > > Windows XP = eXPerimental or eXtraProfits. > Make your choice, you're going to end up paying for it anyway. > > http://www.surak.freeserve.co.uk > http://homepage.mac.com/aedan/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
