> Windows NT/2K/XP can be installed on any partition,
    Absolutely true--one of my XPs is in partition 2 (and has been 
re-installed at least three times.)

Once you get both XP & Linux installed & can access Linux from a floppy, 
if friend wife prefers the look & feel of Windows/boot.ini and you want 
to keep her happy, check out chapter 4 in O'Reilly's "Linux in a 
Nutshell". I've used its instructions to add Redhat 10.0, Mandrake 9.2, 
& Mandrake 10 to a Windows/boot.ini setup. The Redhat went strictly by 
the book, the Mandrakes required some fiddling because of what Mandrake 
does to /etc/lilo.conf.

-mj-

Craig White wrote:

 > On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 09:48, Earl, Alex C wrote:
 >
 >> Install XPde (http://www.xpde.com/shots.php) desktop environment and
 >> tell her its WindowsXP...
 >>
 >> ...but seriously, what are her reasons for wanting WindowsXP?
 >>
 >> Did you create a partition for WindowsXP? I don't know if this is true
 >> with XP, but on other versions of Windows, it had to be installed on the
 >> first partition (this could screw you over if Linux is already installed
 >> there).
 >>
 >> You could always check Google for "install windows xp linux system" or
 >> something along those lines.
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>> -----Original Message-----
 >>> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
 >>
 >>
 >> [mailto:plug-discuss-
 >>
 >>> admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Roy Babin
 >>> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 9:41 AM
 >>> To: PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
 >>> Subject: Install WinXP
 >>>
 >>> I have Suse8.2 installed, now the wife would like to have Windows HP
 >>> installed also. When I try to install I get the following message.
 >>>
 >>> "The hard drive does not contain a FAT16 or Fat32 Windows partition."
 >>>  This may be caused by any of the following reasons.
 >>>  1  You are using an NTFS (Windows) file system.
 >>>  2  you are using an HPFS (OS/2) file system
 >>>  3  The last partition on your drive was NTFS or an HPFS Partition.
 >>>
 >>> What may I do to correct the situation and keep the wife happy?
 >>> Thank you for any help one mught be.
 >
 >
 > ----
 > It's much easier to install Windows first and then install Linux
 > afterwards - primarily because of the bootloader issues.
 >
 > Anyway - First thing to do is to make sure you have an emergency boot
 > floppy because Windows install will undoubtedly over write your mbr.
 >
 > Windows NT/2K/XP can be installed on any partition, it need not be the
 > first partition. You need to have an unpartitioned space or a
 > partitioned space with Fat32 (known as vfat to linux) or NTFS filesystem
 > in order to install Windows.
 > After the install, it will probably only boot Windows and that's where
 > the emergency boot disk will allow you to boot into Linux and fix grub
 > (grub-install /dev/hda) - where you will have to configure it to boot
 > grub's bootloader and allow you to choose continuation into Linux or
 > Windows.
 >
 > Craig
 >
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