Yes you can reinstall XP from the Dell XP-reinstall media on an altered (at least from what came partitioned from Dell originally). There does need to be a Fat32 or NTFS partition available (and an s2d one as well if you're going to use that feature).
Bruce rpjday wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Adam Getchell wrote: > > > > > Originally to: All > > > > > > Similar question for an upcoming Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. It comes with XP > > > already installed. Will I be able to install RH 7.2 on another partition, > > > write grub to the bootsector, and have Grub dual boot XP and 7.2? Or do I > > > need to install Grub/RH 7.2 first? > > > > Yes, grub can boot both fine, while installed in the MBR. You are best off > > installing windows, then linux. > > > > I can't help you with resising XP - i just wiped it clean and started > > over. > > i'd be interested in hearing just how smoothly the process of setting > up that 8100 as a dual boot machine goes. i got an 8100 a few months > ago and, yes, it came pre-installed with windows <whatever random > choice i made>, since i had no intention of running windows whatever. > > the instant i got it, i blasted the windows install and installed > red hat, but not before i noticed that, naturally, the pre-installed > windows takes up the whole disk, and i suspect it will do the same > with yours. > > this means you can't just add red hat, you have to downsize > windows first. and before you think, hey, no problem, i'll just > *re-install* windows on a smaller partition, think again. what > you will likely get is not a windows install CD, it will be a > windows *reinstall* CD -- that is, no original media but a CD > that just lets you recover to your original layout. these days, > dell (and others, i assume) not shipping original media. they're > being totally sleazy and shipping only enough to let you recover > if you trash your original install. > > just for the fun of it, i called dell, pretended to be a real idiot, > and asked how, since i installed linux, how do i get back to windows, > and feigned outrage as the tech support person tried to tell me that > it couldn't be done. eventually, he fessed up and admitted that, > yes, that *reinstall* CD could be used to do a fresh install, > as long as there was a DOS partition waiting on the disk for it. > i'm not at all convinced he knew what he was talking about, > and i've never tried it, but if you want to provide some useful > info, when you get your 8100, document everything you have to do > to get a dual boot system, and let us know. i'm definitely curious. > > rday > > p.s. naturally, another option is to downsize the windows partition > using something like FIPS or partition magic. in any case, i'd still > like to hear how things go. > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- ==================================================================== Bruce Kall Mayo Foundation Rochester, MN e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (507) 255-4768 ==================================================================== _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
