[ltp] dual boot, t22, Linux and XP

[Tim Prince]

Eben King wrote:

>On Sat, 25 Jun 2005, Jane Ellen Jarrell wrote:
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>>I have both Mandrake Linux 10.1 and XP sp2 on my Thinkpad T22 type
>>2747.  The XP side crashed.   Every time I try to boot, it shows the
>>blue screen.  Can I reinstall the XP without destroying the Linux?
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>Sure, but it'll nuke the boot block.  Have a rescue disk ready.
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An alternative is to copy the boot sector to a file on the Windows C: 
drive first, and add the entry to C:\boot.ini which invokes this file.  
Then you can repair Windows as often as necessary without damage on the 
linux side.  I have seen one current version of Windows which leaves my 
SuSE grub installation on MBR, but that's the proverbial exception.