[ale] HELP! Installing Linux over Windows

[Dow Hurst]

If Redhat is using a bootloader called grub then you can edit the 
grub.conf file and add the partition with XP.  If Redhat is using LILO 
as the bootloader then you will do the same in /etc/lilo.conf, however, 
you have to run "lilo" after you make changes.  I am surprised that 
RedHat did not keep the XP partition in your bootloader menu.  I don't 
remember Redhat 9 being capable of resizing a NTFS partition either.  If 
you've lost your XP partition due to user error on installing Redhat 
then you can install XP using Fat32 for the filesystem.  That would 
allow Redhat during install to safely resize and understand the XP 
partition.  If you would run in a shell "fdisk /dev/hda" and type "p" 
and then "q", then email us the output, it would help alot.  We need to 
know what partitions you have to help you edit grub.conf or lilo.conf 
safely, if XP is still left on the machine.
Dow


shulsey at georgia-turf.com wrote:

>I'm a novice trying to learn which OS would work for my
>company. I like what I read on Linux....but just learning. I
>installed RH
>v.9 over my XP system. Used the automatic partition feature
>from RH to run a dual boot system from one HD. Linux installed
>fine. However, I need to get back to XP and the system will
>not allow me. How do I get back to a point to where I can pick
>either Linux or Windows as the machine boots?
>
>Thank you,
>Linux Community
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