[OT] Windoz Install CD and Linux?

[Dotan Cohen]

On 09/02/2008, Thomas Kaiser <ubuntu at kaiser-linux.li> wrote:
> Hello everyone
>
>  I have a test Laptop, currently Ubuntu 7.10 and fedora as double boot installed.
>  Because of webcam driver development I decided to trash the first partition and
>  install Windoz on it. But this was not possible, the Windoz install CD did not
>  boot on this laptop :-(. I tried the CD on a other PC and it was booting just fine!
>  Today, I bought a new HD for that laptop and now the Windoz install CD just
>  booted fine!? and I could install Windoz!

First ensure that your BIOS was properly configured. If so, then file
a bug with Microsoft.

>  Does the Windoz XP Pro install CD have some "anti" Linux detection?

If it didn't boot, it doesn't know that Linux was installed on the machine.

>  Anyone out there had the same experience?

Not with original install media. In the distant past when I was
willing to help people install Windows from illegal copies, this was
not unusual.

Dotan Cohen

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