Dual Boot

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Is it possible to do a dual boot of Linux and WinXP?

I have in the past done a dual boot with XP and Win98.

But what about Linux?

Monkey

 

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Yes - perfectly possible.

Harry.

 

ok so what about dual booting vista beta and xp? and linux too?

 

im guessing you could boot up as many os's as you have partitions, or space for partitions.

may get a little confusing though if you have loads!

 

Thanks everyone for your input!

I was wondering if I should use grub to set up the dual boot or another?

Monkey

 

whats grub? food? as in Bananas? (well in your case)

 

Grub is the current favourite alternative to LILO. It is a Linux boot system that allows booting multiple OSes.

Harry.

 

So it's a good one to use? eh Harry!

 

When dual booting Linux & any version of Windows, make sure Windows is installed first. When you install Linux, it will pick up this fact & configure LILO or GRUB accordingly.

 

Thanks m8

 

I've dual booted ubuntu and XP without a problem.