Does Debian 4.0 support WindowsXP partition

2007-04-09 Thread Björn Johansson
Hello! Soon I'm going to install Debian 4.0 on my brothers computer and I want to know if Debian supports WindowsXP partitions so I don't get problems with the LILO bootloader. Do any know if it works? Greetings Björn begin:vcard fn;quoted-printable:Bj=C3=B6rn Johansson

Re: Does Debian 4.0 support WindowsXP partition

2007-04-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 12:49:24PM +0200, Björn Johansson wrote: Hello! Soon I'm going to install Debian 4.0 on my brothers computer and I want to know if Debian supports WindowsXP partitions so I don't get problems with the LILO bootloader. Do any know if it works? Greetings Björn

Re: Does Debian 4.0 support WindowsXP partition

2007-04-09 Thread Marko Randjelovic
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: Should be fine. Debian 4.0 uses GRUB by default and should detect Windows XP as part of the installation. I've had this running for months while Etch was testing. Andy However, write support is disabled by default, and it is dangerous to use it, since it can

Re: Does Debian 4.0 support WindowsXP partition

2007-04-09 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 12:49:24PM +0200, Björn Johansson wrote: Hello! Soon I'm going to install Debian 4.0 on my brothers computer and I want to know if Debian supports WindowsXP partitions so I don't get problems with the LILO bootloader.

Re: Does Debian 4.0 support WindowsXP partition

2007-04-09 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Björn Johansson wrote: Hello! Soon I'm going to install Debian 4.0 on my brothers computer and I want to know if Debian supports WindowsXP partitions so I don't get problems with the LILO bootloader. Do any know if it works? Unless you have a good reason, you should go with Grub instead