[Techtalk] XP with Linux

[Rudy L. Zijlstra]

No, it does not. Also, disk layout on a bootable CD is rather different 
from a bootable floppy.

/start shameless plug/
You might want to try a Slackware installation CD. Although slack does 
not support grub (happy me), its installation CD's are very bootable and 
good rescue CD's. And providing you with enough information to boot your 
current RH installation from the slack CD.
/end shameless plug/

Rudy


Deanna Dunker wrote:

> Can rawrite work to CDs though? I don't have floppy drive on the 
> laptop that it's installed on.
>
> At 01:25 AM 6/16/2003 +0200, Hans Tegnerud wrote:
>
>> I suggest you create an install disk with rawrite from the first RH 9
>> install CD, boot on it and enter rescue mode ('linux rescue' on my 
>> RH8 CD).
>>
>> Personally I've never had to rescue a machine this way. I usually 
>> create a
>> boot disk during install and use that to get back into Linux. I've 
>> learned
>> this lesson on Windows machines. :)
>>
>> /Hans
>>
>> > Thanks for the tip. I'm having a bit of a problem though; the CD 
>> that I
>> > thought was bootable-to linux was NOT bootable to linux.  I don't 
>> have a
>> > floppy drive and cant get back into linux to install grub.
>> >
>> > I tried getting in through knoppix, but it said it was unable to 
>> write to
>> > the drive to install grub.  Any suggestions?  I'd like to be able 
>> to get
>> > back in to linux.
>> >
>> > At 04:44 PM 6/15/2003 +0200, Hans Tegnerud wrote:
>> > > > But I want XP Pro now, and I dont believe in OS upgrades.  So I'm
>> going to
>> > > > have to format that partition of my drive, which includes the 
>> master
>> boot
>> > > > record area.  Once I format and install WInXP pro, how do i go 
>> about
>> > > > loading a boot loader on there?
>> > > > -Deanna
>>