[pwhallinan]

Hi,

I am running a dual-boot machine (redhat 7.2 and win2k).
I would like to upgrade win2k to win xp without destroying the redhat 7.2 installation
and, if possible, without even messing up grub.

Any advice on doing this? Is this possible?

Thanks in advance..
- Peter

[opopanax]

of course its possible. im booting linux from the windows boot loader. go thru this and u can do it urself: http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue61/padala.html

good luck.

[pwhallinan]

Let me rephrase my question. Right now, I'm using grub.
I am worried that the install of windows xp over windows 2000 will overwrite grub. I am looking for either (a) reassurance that grub will not be overwritten, or (b) a quick way to recover if it is. I don't want to use the NT bootloader.

Many thanks, it's been several years since I've tried to do something like this, and the linux how-to's are silent on this subject.
- peter

[Whiteskin]

if it does, all you need is your orig. boot disk. Use it to boot, and then use it's console to reinstall grub, as described here (you may have to chroot first). http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/man...RUB%20natively