My initial thought is that's probably nonsense. XP may well format the second drive for you as NTFS, but it shouldn't use it for the install. OTOH, I've never installed XP in a 2-drive setup, so I can't say for sure.
On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 10:58, Herbert H. DeLong wrote: > I was warned by a Computer repair shop not to have another drive as slave > or master as Win XP would take over the other drive and install Win XP on > it.i have another drive I could use but I didn't after that guy told me > that, > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard R. Sivernell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 11:44 PM > Subject: Re: compatibility > > > > On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 07:44:25 -0400 > > "Herbert H. DeLong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I recently purchased an Dell Dimension 8200 Pentium 4 with 2.0GHz. The > machine > > > has windows XP . I want to partition it and run Linux and WindowsXP. Has > anyone > > > been successful in dual booting Linux with WinXP on the same drive that > was > > > partitioned by fdisk? I have COL 2.4.Thanks > > > > > > > Suggest you get another drive for Linux install, you will be happier in > the > > long run. > > Have less problems, and you probably use the drive for warrenty purposes > later. > > > > cheers > > -- > > Rick Sivernell > > Dallas, Texas 75287 > > 972 306-2296 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Caldera Open Linux eWorkStation 3.1.1 > > Registered Linux User > > > > .~. > > / v \ > > /( _ )\ > > ^ ^ > > In Linux we trust! > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-users mailing list - > http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above > URL. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
