Re: [LUG] re install problem

[Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Julian Hall wrote:
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> > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2006/05/08/dual-boot-laptop.html
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> thanks Tom :)  That article seems to suggest using the Windows
> boot.ini instead of LILO or Grub.  That may work, but my main gripe is
> that on exactly the same hardware with exactly the same distro I've
> never had to do it before.  Granted I was dual-booting Win 2K and
> Xandros previously, but I've always dual-booted XP and Xandros on the
> desktop without any of this aggravation.
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> Anyway, thanks for the link I'll see what I can do, when I have time.
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> Kind regards,
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> Julian
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I think the problem is XP - I think M$ go out of their way to make it 
difficult to dual boot with Linux  - cant see any other OS changes!


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