Re: Dual Boot Linux and XP

[Peter Foldes]

Crossposted for a better answer

"Kathy Taylor" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>I have a desk top computer that uses SATA hard drives. It currently has XP Pro
>installed on one drive. I want to add another SATA drive so I can dual boot with
>Ubuntu. What I don 't want is Grub putting its stuff on the XP drive. Can I merely
>disconnect the XP drive and connect the drive I am going to put Ubuntu on, install
>it and then power down and connect the XP drive and use the BIOS to choose Ubuntu
>or XP to boot (my computer will let me choose where to boot by pressing an F key)?
>If so, should the Ubuntu drive be connected to the same place on the motherboard
>where the XP drive is now and switch it to the second place on the motherboard or
>just go ahead and install Ubuntu with it connected to where it eventually will
>always be? Also, I have read that RAID might be a problem. If so, how? I hope I've
>been clear.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Kathy Spencer

 

[Dave-UK]

"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:#EIuPS$2KHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Crossposted for a better answer
>


Why cross-post it here? This is a Windows 7 group, not XP or Linux.
Like most of your posts, useless.

 

[DanS]

"Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote in
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>
> "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:#EIuPS$2KHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Crossposted for a better answer
>>
>
>
> Why cross-post it here? This is a Windows 7 group, not XP
> or Linux. Like most of your posts, useless.


Because this person is a real tool ?