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windowsXP and linux mandrake 8 dual boot
Name: TeQuiLa Date: November 2, 2001 at 06:59:39 Pacific
Comment:
can anyone help teach me how i could make winXP and mandrake 8 work currently windowsXP is installed on my system i need to know how to incorporate mandrake on it thanks !!!
Name: leif Date: November 2, 2001 at 07:10:09 Pacific
Reply:
Do you want to use the XP bootloader, or lilo or grub? I think mdk8 uses lilo by default, and adds your xp partition to the boot list as nt by default. I've had mdk and xp dual booting before, so I know it's possible...
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Response Number 2
Name: Mishima Date: December 29, 2001 at 02:25:01 Pacific
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try using a boot up disk, and once into your GNU/Linux MDK, go to MDK control center. There you can configure LILO or grub to run XP selecting the right partition from your hard disk
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Response Number 3
Name: Salman lone Date: January 27, 2002 at 05:10:51 Pacific
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I have just finished installing Mdk 8.1 on my XP Pro machine. Booted from the Mdk CD. It pretty much takes care of it all. Just remember while installing you must have a FAT32 partition if you want to share files between two OS. I used last partition for Mdk.
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