You guys keepo saying the same thing. Yes, most/all distros will add windows to the grub menu. What not one of you has clearly stated is that you are talking about a reinstall rather than an original install of linux to dual boot with XP. Since few, if any, of you are likely to have actually have done this, I will create a dual booting machine and then reinstall the linux to test that scenario sometime this week just to be sure On 9/26/06, keith smith wrote: > > I recently installed FC5 and it added "hidden" to the grub config. This > cause the menu to not appear. Commented it out and windows was listed in > the menu as "other". > > > > *JT Moree * wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Patrick C wrote: > > I think it might depend on the distro (the detection I mean). Some can > > add something to the list as "other," even if they don't know what it > > is. Others might look for an active NTFS partition and assume Windows, I > > don't know. In any case, it's way easier to add it after the fact. I'm > > not sure what management tools Ubuntu uses, but in SuSe, it's cake. If > > K/Ubuntu will add the windows bootup to the grub menu. I've not seen > many installers that WONT add windows to the boot many. > > - -- > JT Mor�e > PC Xperience, Inc. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFFGZTx1JwGi/ukQqERAilcAJ9T/AUkv9WaxXX2QU+jtg2EVbdDvwCgr5yC > 6DfcoqlgRN9v6g01Irgn7jo= > =Cwgu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > - - - - - - - > Keith Smith > - - - - - - - > > http://travelingcheese.com/search_engine/increase-search-engine-traffic.html > - - - - - - - > > ------------------------------ > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Callsto the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss