(Typing with nine fingers... the doc put me in a splint to see if my broken finger will repair itself. Hmmmph.)
So I've got this Thinkpad that I've set up with dual boot. XP and FC6. Works like a charm. The trick is to install XP first, resize the partitions so you've got extra, unused room, and then put FC in that unused space. FC is smart enough to adjust the boot loader appropriately, so that grub comes up with the choice of XP in the menu. Pretty darn neat. Note that this Thinkpad came with XP, but I blew it away and formatted the entire disk. Then I set this up with a copy of XP that I want to put on another machine. So I dug out the rescue disks for this Thinkpad, run the installer for the rescue disks, and I expect it to do what it says it's going to do - (1) format the hard disk, (2) install the rescue routines in a hidden partition, and (3) install XP from the rescue partition. Everything 'appears' to work, but upon startup, nothing has changed. My grub menu with FC and the old install of XP are still there, and pressing F11 to use the recovery files doesn't work. The machine beeps until I let go, then my grub menu displays. Evidently something didn't 'take', but instead of spending the rest of the day goofing around with it, I thought I'd ask first... Whil _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
