dual booting with linux and win xp

siddhartha7m · 02-21-2007, 04:45 AM

I have intel 915GV chipset,3 GHz,PC Loaded with RHELWS4.there is a 25 gb unallocated space in my HDD.I want to make my PC dual boot with win xp pro SP2 without affecting the present setup.if i install win xp now on that free space the linux will stop booting.wht should i do to make it working please help somebody.

sn68 · 02-21-2007, 05:36 AM

Install Windows XP and then reinstall the bootloader to dualboot

pixellany · 02-21-2007, 06:04 AM

Can you boot from your Linux install CD and do ctl-alt-F1 (or F2) to get a command-line? If so, you can reinstall GRUB from there.

Another method is to put GRUB on a floppy.

For exact commands, please post the output of "fdisk -l" (run as root)

GRUB manual here