dual boot winxp installed afterwards

[larry shields]

James Takac wrote:
> On Sunday 29 July 2007 21:47:56 larry shields wrote:
>   
>> James Takac wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Guys
>>>
>>> The above is what I'm looking into for a friend, i.e. installing win xp
>>> on a sys that already has ubuntu 7.04 up and running. I know that will
>>> wipe out the grub loader meaning only winxp will bott but ubuntu will be
>>> intact otherwise. Is it pos to reinstall grub from the live cd? Or maybe
>>> need a live cd from another distro to do that? Or maybe there's some
>>> other way?
>>>
>>> James
>>>       
>> I am running Feisty Fawn 7.04, and on one hard drive, what I did was too
>> install WinXP FIRST!,
>> then install Ubuntu...When it boots up Ubuntu's grub shows both XP &
>> Ubuntu, it detected XP with no-problems what so ever...
>>
>> But if one installs Ubuntu, then XP you will have to go through alot to
>> have grub see XP...
>>
>> My suggestion is to install XP as mentioned in the above FIRST...
>>
>> Larry
>>
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>
> Hi Larry
>
> I would've had the original intention been to have windows on it. It was going 
> to be an ubuntu only sys but his needs changed as it were
>
>   
No problem James - - My suggestion was the way I've done it, but as some 
one else gave a site to go to to show you how to do it the otherway...

That was new to me, now I've learned something too... ;-)

Larry

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