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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com [<A HREF="mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com">mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com</A>] On Behalf Of Timothy Murphy</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 8:25 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: fedora-list@redhat.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: dual booting XP and Linux</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Washington, CJ (OCTO) wrote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> I found it easier to let the WinXP boot manager chain load GRUB</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> than the other way 'round. MicroSoft products like to be in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> charge. While GRUB+Linux is not a good match, it is a reasonable</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> match, and works pretty well, whereas GRUB+WinXP is a poor match,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> and the WinXP boot manager is a pretty reasonable tool.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>That's nonsense.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Millions of people are using to grub to boot Linux and/or Windows.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>It works perfectly well.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>It's easier to install Windows first,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>but if you install Linux (with grub) first</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>it is a good idea to save the MBR with something like</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> dd if=/dev/hda of=mbr bs=512 count=1</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Then you can replace it afterwards (if you want) with</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> dd of=/dev/hda if=mbr bs=512 count=1</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Timothy Murphy </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>To who ever wants to be a smart ass,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>First of all, I was the one who posed the original question. Look, I'm here because I assumed that there were actually people on this list that could help me because in no way am I remotely a Linux guru or even novice. I just got into this just like everyone else on this list who once started out very novice with Linux and Unix. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>It's cool, I'll figure it out eventually. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks to everyone for all your help, </FONT>
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