[NTLUG:Discuss] kind of OT, but not really

[Steve Baker]

Fred James wrote:
> New machine (Gateway laptop) coming with XP Home edition
> Was thinking of either:
> (1) dual boot XP and Linux (RH 7.3 or 9)
> (2) dual boot W2K and Linux
> (3) triple boot XP, W2K, and Linux
> Last I remember - partition for MS, and install MS, first, then do Linux.
> Any thoughts, cautions, suggestion, etc., would be appreciated.

Beware of repartitioning.  Some laptops use a hidden (or improperly labelled)
partition to store a backup of the OS.  When you need to re-install Windoze,
you may regret blowing that away by installing Linux over the top of it.

(I speak from painful experience!)

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