From: Rich Holm 


That sounds good.  Except, I don't think you need to unistall grub. Just
use your boot disk to reinstall grub after XP is installed.  You might need
to manually edit /etc/grub.conf to add the XP partition.

Cheers,
Rich



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lbodacious{at}myrealbox.com says...
> Gregg Nemesure wrote...
>
> > Anyone who can help,
> >
> > I currently have a system with both Windows 98SE and Redhat 8.0 installed
> > with grub used to boot. I would like to upgrade the Windows part to XP, but
> > I am not sure what effect this will have on the Linux partitions and grub
> > MBR.
> >
> > This might be complicated by the fact that the Linux partitions are
> > distributed between two disks on two IDE controllers. I think the boot and
> > swap partitions are on the second hard disk and the others are on the
first.
> > Windows 98SE is on the first. There is a shared FAT32 partition on the
> > second as well.
> >
> > How should I proceed? Thanks.
> >
> > --
> > Gregg
> >
> >
> >
> >
> I'd first create a Linux boot disk and then un-install grub.  Install
> XP. Boot to Linux using your TESTED boot disk and reinstall grub.  That
> is what I would do if I knew how. 
>

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