On Thursday 29 January 2004 07:28 am, Web Site Response Address wrote: > I have got a new computer which comes pre-loaded with Mandrake 9.1 (I also > have the discs). eSys machine Athlon XP 2200, 40 Gb HDD, onboard > graphics/sound. > > I want to create a dual boot with Windows XP Home - for which I also have > the discs. > Why would you buy a machine without Windows, only to pay 4 times the cost of what the oem license would have been, by buying the retail box. Of course, I am assuming you actually bought the retail box ;-)
> Please can someone advise the steps/best way to go about this? I am > reasonably technically competent but no guru. The traditional way to do this is to install Windows first and then install Linux, resizing the windows partition and letting the Linux bootloader create a menu presented at boot so you can boot into either Linux or Windows. You can install Windows second, but there is a little more work to do. 1) I am not sure whether you can resize a Linux partition, or how you would do it if you could, but you have to make room on the disk to install Windows. 2) The Windows boot manager is dumb and will overwrite your LILO mbr. To get back into Linux to reinstall LILO, you should create a boot disk (making sure you can actually boot from it), install windows and let it overwrite the mbr, and then boot from the floppy and then by going to drakboot and adding a windows choice to the LILO boot menu. If you have the Linux install disks, you could also go the traditional route by wiping out Linux, installing Windows and then reinstalling Linux. -- /g
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