Subj : Re: Problems with WinXP and Linux install.
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Coby
Date : Fri Jun 18 2004 09:23 am

Raj. wrote:

> I cannot install Windows after Linux, since I want a dual-boot with
> Grub.

There is a way. Once you have installed linux on the first half of the 
hard drive (make sure you create a boot disk on a floppy), then go ahead 
and install windows on the other half. Now, MS will overwrite he MBR so 
you need to use the boot floppy disk to get into linux, then use the 
boot manager configuration tool that your distro uses to reinstall the 
boot loader on the MBR with an option for both linux and dos. I know 
that in slackware, once you boot into it using the floppy, you can use 
the 'liloconfig' command to reinstall LILO onto the MBR. I dont know how 
exactly you go about doing this for GRUB, because i havent used it much 
- but the process should be reasonably similar.

Coby

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