It needs to be installed before because Windows simply deletes everything in the master boot record, including ubuntu's loader (lilo or grub). Ubuntu is a bit more forgiving and leaves the NTLDR alone and drops grub/lilo in front of it in the sequence.
Onto diablo, last I checked wine played 1 and 2 fine, correct me if I am wrong, but maybe he could ditch windows altogether. On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 7:27 PM, Rob Farquhar <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all! Just a quick message to let you know that I successfully > reformatted my root partition and installed 9.04. So far it seems to > have recognised my home folders without any trouble. Thanks everyone for > your help and suggestions! > > As for my friend Dave's PC, it looks as though his XP installation has > finally given up the ghost. It was already riddled with quite a few > viruses, including Koobface; I've backed his vital data up to an > external hard drive and am planning to reformat his internal HDD and > install Ubuntu Studio 9.04. > > One question, though: We've discussed him buying a legit version of XP > Home so he can still run Windows apps and play games like Diablo. Would > there be any issues with installing XP after Ubuntu instead of before? > > Cheers, > > Rob Farquhar > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >
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