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Okay, first things first. I have no clue which forum this should go in because it spans a couple topics.
Now on to the question.
I'm thinking of buying a 120 GB USB HD for my laptop. What I want to know is would it be possible to partition about 20 GBs for Windows XP and install XP on there to have LILO boot to it?
Prerequisite would be that the machine's BIOS supports
booting of USB. If it doesn't you're at loss.
And then of course whether XP does ;) ... which I don't
know, but then, hey, this is a Linux-forum! :}
To get linux booted of it you'd have to build an initrd
with all the required drivers (both your usb-chipset
support and scsi-support built into the kernel).
In other words: if it DOESN'T work it's not a lilo-problem ;)
Well, just checked my boot sequence. My BIOS is set to check for boot from USB last already. So CHECK!
I also know I compiled in USB and SCSI support into my Kernel (modules if not already compiled in).
So, all I need to check is WinXP
Oh, I'm not trying to get Linux to boot from it. I'm just gonna use LILO as the boot loader
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