Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Install Windows XP on Gentoo Laptop

2008-05-02 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 7:09 PM, deface <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some OEM disks give you no alternative but to format all. Such as a > recovery partition. Always XP first. > > deface > > > > On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 01:27 +, James wrote: > > Michael Higgins evolone.org> writes: > > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Install Windows XP on Gentoo Laptop

2008-05-02 Thread deface
Some OEM disks give you no alternative but to format all. Such as a recovery partition. Always XP first. deface On Sat, 2008-05-03 at 01:27 +, James wrote: > Michael Higgins evolone.org> writes: > > > > I have a laptop with a spare partition waiting for WinXP, to install > > from Dell OEM

[gentoo-user] Re: Install Windows XP on Gentoo Laptop

2008-05-02 Thread James
Michael Higgins evolone.org> writes: > I have a laptop with a spare partition waiting for WinXP, to install > from Dell OEM disks that came originally. > Is this possible? I understand XP will overwrite the MBR. So, I'd have > to re-install grub & that's it? '-) The easiest thing to do is inst