Re: Dual Boot Linux and XP

[Peter Foldes]

Crossposted for a better answer



"Kathy Taylor" 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" 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" wrote in

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>

> "Peter Foldes" 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 ?