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From: Antoine <melser.anton@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: install windows after gentoo on two different physical drives
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:21:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <440753DB.500@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m33bi08vnx.fsf@arcor.de>

Simon Kellett wrote:
> "Marco Calviani" <marco.calviani@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>   i have a machine with two SATA hard disk. I would like to know if
>>there are some possibilties to install windows (XP in particular) on
>>the second hard drive AFTER gentoo has been installed on the first
>>one, and, if yes, how to perform this task.
> 
> 
> IIRC Windows likes (or used) to be installed on the first drive *only*.
> 
> I would take no chances and physically *remove* your Linux disc, make
> your windows-to-be disk the first drive, install Windows, put your linux
> disk back in, install Grub and correct /etc/fstab if required.
> 

I can confirm that you will have a much better time if you indeed 
physically remove your linux drive...
Cheers
Antoine
ps. I am going to try to expand C: this weekend and put linux on another 
disk so have a challenging time ahead... I thought 10gig would be all I 
would ever need for doze - then came along .net2... and no, there is not 
choice, I have either that or vb6 so I choose .net2...
-- 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-03-02 20:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-03-02 18:32 [gentoo-user] install windows after gentoo on two different physical drives Marco Calviani
2006-03-02 19:59 ` [gentoo-user] " Simon Kellett
2006-03-02 20:12   ` Masood Ahmed
2006-03-02 20:21   ` Antoine [this message]
2006-03-03  1:51 ` [gentoo-user] " Daniel da Veiga
2006-03-03 11:58   ` Michael Kintzios

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