Re: boot from cd

On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 06:56:09 -0700
"Maynard" <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's endemic to MS. THEY insist that they're the only thing being
> installed.----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Glenn Murphy" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 2:51 PM
> Subject: RE: [gentoo-newbies] boot from cd
> 
> 
> > Well, if I completely reformatted my hard drives (I don't want winxp
> > anymore and do want to switch back to win2k (until I'm fully ready
> > (and get my family ready (if it ever happens)) to switch over to
> > linux)) could I install gentoo first, on a say 10gb partition (as
> > well as the swap, etc.) and then win2k on the rest?  Or would I have
> > the same problem with win2k even if I do it like that?
> > 
Sorry,but I didn't catch your original mail.
It is generally easier to setup M$ first and then linux.M$ always
overwrites the MBR and then you have to get back to linux with whatever
means to reestablish what you need. I hope this is what this is about.

Prost,

Klaus