[KLUG Members] newbie question

rels members@kalamazoolinux.org
Fri, 12 Jul 2002 20:48:48 -0400


My apologies here ... somehow my "fat fingering" managed to hit a
reply and send while reading this message a bit earlier!  Talented,
ain't I?  ;>)  Please forgive me.

----- Original Message -----
From: rels <rels@infi.net>
To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] newbie question


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wesley Leonard <marshall@pacdemon.org>
> To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 8:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] newbie question
>
>
> > Yes, this can be done.  You will need to shrink your windows XP
> partition.  This
> > may require special software (such as partition Magic).
> >
> > After that, Linux can be installed and Windows XP can be coerced
> into acting as
> > the bootloader for both OSes.  For more info, check this out:
> >
> > http://www.westmichigancomputing.com/downloads/
> >
> > The files mkwinboot.README   and mkwinboot.img are what you're
> interested in.
> > The .img file is an altered version of a rescue disk called RIP.
> The README
> > file tells you how to use it.
> >
> > l8er
> >
> > crucop wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all, I am new to Linux and have a newbie question for you. Is
> it possible to install Linux onto a laptop and have
> > > it dual boot with
> > > Windows XP? Is this something that can be done at one of the
> meetings? Thanks,
> > >  Scott
> > >
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> >
> > --
> > Wesley Leonard
> >
> > marshall@pacdemon.org                   http://pacdemon.org
> > marshall@westmichigancomputing.com
> http://westmichigancomputing.com
> >
> > "Rather than form a federation with Microsoft and work with what
we
> had already
> > created, there was this notion that the world should be offered an
> alternative."
> >     -- Craig Mundie, CTO of Microsoft Corporation
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