[lug] RE: Dual Boot with Windows XP (J. Wayde Allen)

[Hugh Brown]

I haven't had any problems.  I got a dell laptop, shrank the ntfs
partition down, added a fat partition for transferring back and forth
between linux and xp and then installed linux on the rest.

I use grub as the boot loader and it works fine.

Here's what my grub.conf looks like

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#          root (hd0,2)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda6
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-5)
	root (hd0,2)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-5 ro root=/dev/hda6 hdb=ide-scsi
	initrd /initrd-2.4.18-5.img
title WinXP
	rootnoverify (hd0,1)
	chainloader +1


My experience has been the complete opposite of yours.  I do just have
one disk for both os's so that may be a difference.

Hugh

On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 00:15, Joe Betts wrote:
> Dual boot with XP is a problem. I've heard it said that XP wants to own the 
> boot partition.
> 
> I have a Linux desktop that came with XP on it (as all machines do these days 
> I suppose).  Although GRUB installed and I can get to Linux, I can't get back 
> to XP.  I suspect a third party boot controller, such as System Commander, 
> (http://www.v-com.com/)  may be necessary.  But be sure to get the latest 
> version -- version 7.  I have a copy but I haven't used it yet.  If you can 
> wait a few days, I'll try it and post the findings here.
> 
> As far as the other partitions are concerned, they are probably done by the 
> manufacturer.  But also, I think XP has a built in capability for remote 
> troubleshooting, diagnostics, and repair.  I'd leave them in place just in 
> case something needed to be done in that fashion.  For example, if a new BIOS 
> load is needed, chances are you'll have to boot in XP to install it.  I 
> haven't heard of anyone providing that capability in Linux just yet.
> 
> Joe Betts
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