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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.
>
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> Gregg
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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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