On Sunday 25 November 2001 01:49 am, Aedan McGhie/Scotland wrote: > I'm toying with installing XP to see what the broo ha ha is all > about. > > At the moment I've got the disk with a Linux boot sector, Win Me, > Linux 2.4 and a Linux swap. I read something about XP trashing the > MBR which I assume would mess with LiLo and make it tricky to get > back into Linux. I don't have a boot floppy. > > Can I install XP on the FAT partition and not mess up Linux? > > As well as LiLo I've got xosl and Boot Magic but they're not > installed, LiLo is. > > aedan
My understanding is that XP like all M$ os's will overwrite your MBR (the M$ virus) so without a boot disk you will be in trouble. Also note that XP will rquire that your FAT partition is changed to NTFS (new version). -- Regards pete -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
