[plug] dual boot - Windows reinstall

[Arie Hol]

At 10:34 AM 27-02-2003 +0800, you wrote:
>I may be wrong in this, but, from memory, what is to be done, is to do 
>the Windows instal, then boot from the Linux boot floppy disk and run 
>lilo (assuming that you are using lilo as your boot manager).
>
>What I generally do, is a full system rebuild, installing Windows before 
>Linux.
>
>Could someone more knowledgeable, please confirm or otherwise, my first 
>paragraph?

A safe rule of thumb here is :

Install the weakest operating system first, as follows :->

DOS (3-6.2) --> Windows 95-98SE --> Windows NT --> Windows 2K --> Windows XP
--> Linux

It doesn't matter if you don't have all the above, just pick the ones you do
have and install in the order shown above.

As for Windows ME - don't install it all - use the CD as a drink coaster,
besides Windows 98SE with all updates  and patches installed has a smaller
footprint and is much better than ME.

Regards Arie

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