I want to dual boot with Linux Red Hat 8.0 and WinXP.. i already have my hard drive partitioned into several sizable partitions with XP installed on one currently... it is not on the main partition though.. my C drive is still there available for use.. will i be able to install Red Hat with out screwing up my system and do i have to install it to the main partition.. thanks for the help.. oh and to clarify i don't want to unistal and reinstall xp..
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You can install Windows and Linux on any partition you like, but its always best to install Linux second (seeings as windows already installed, you've already got this bit covered :)). Linux will install its bootloader into the MBR, and will detect windows and will add it to the boot menu...
All will be good :)At the request of wiggo ;)
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thats a good question cause when i installed rh8 i accidentally deleted my boot files for xp thereby rendering it useless and had to reinstall.. be carefull.. from what i know... xp sets up it's boot stuff on the c: drive so i made c small and left it alone ... i guess this will help but i've been too scared to try to reinstall red hat... anyone know if this is a good way of doing it...
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in my case, where the xp is in first part. of first drive, and Linux is second part. i would want to install it in the MBR.
If you install linux to a second drive, you have to do it to boot partition of the boot drive.
Hope this makes sense to you.
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