[plug] Dual boot Debian 64 / XP pro on Athlon64

Craig Ringer craig at postnewspapers.com.au
Sun Feb 20 15:14:12 WST 2005


On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 00:35 +0800, Chris Caston wrote:

> I haven't dual booted (pure Debian all the way) in years so am wondering
> if it is easy to setup these days with the sarge installer and grub.
> Anyone tried it recently? What should I look out for?

It should "just work". 

> Is there any issues dual booting between Debian for Athlon 64 arch and
> the 32bit Windows XP pro?

>From what I've heard, I'd consider using 32bit Linux at this point. Not
out of any dual booting concerns, but because I understand that using 32
bit apps can be a pain, and many users will want to do this (flash,
etc).

-- 
Craig Ringer




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