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Old 04-17-2004, 02:51 PM   #1
matex
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Mandrake 10 Community Dual boot with XP problem. SOLUTION


Hi Everyone!!

I started that thread earlier (3 days ago).

How to install mandrake 10 Community with existing winXP OS.
Be careful and i propose to use mbrtool, to backup, just in case, your MBR.

1.
So, i boot from MandrakeMOVE cd and create partitions that i will use during mandrake 10 CU installation. (in my case: root swap home)
2.
And then i started mdk10CU installation (not upgrade, it makes an error with swap). When installation prompted me to select partitioning type, i used that partitions i have created in the first step.
Then in bootloader setup, i select root partition to install bootloader.
After install, windows can`t see mdk10cu installation and windoz should works just fine.
3.
In rescue mode, take mdk botloader from root partition. Use this:
Code:
dd if=/dev/hdaX bs=512 count=1 of=/boot.lnx
X - number of root partition.
And copy this result to floppy;
4.
TO DO in WinXP.
Go to this system and copy that file 'boot.lnx' to 'c:\' and in last step You have to edit boot.ini.
Add this line c:\boot.lnx="Linux Mandrake 10" to boot.ini
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On my comp it works just fine.
-PIII 450
-256 Ram
If something will crash, You can restore your MBR with mbrtool.
I think, it works because mandrake don`t write to partition table during installation.

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