> 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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