> Is there a way to have fedora core and windows xp installed on the same > machine? Yes, you just need to partition the hard drive(s) properly. > Could you please help me with this? What shall I install first for > example? > Can you give me some guidelines on how this should be done? While you can install either operating system first, much of what I read when I was asking the same question recommended that Windows be installed first. I've done it the other way around and the only issue that pops up is a useless entry in the Windows bootloader to try to boot the foreign operating system it detects. You can safely delete C:\boot.ini to get rid of that junk. If you do install Windows first, you will need to boot into linux (via a bootable cd or floppy) and run the grub installation again. This might not be well documented for Fedora but it's part of the standard Gentoo installation procedure [1] (the instructions should work on most *nix systems). As for special considerations when installing two operatings systems, just make sure you know which operating system belongs on which partition. I recommend using hda1 (*nix) a.k.a. C: (Windows) a.k.a. hd0,0 (Grub) as your main Windows partition. Mistaking partitions during the second installation could result in reformatting all the work you put into the previous installation. > I also need to know how I shall invoke the xp installation without > booting from the cd. Windows XP can be installed from a set of bootable floppies, but you still need a cdrom drive--you're just not booting from it [2]. If you have a cdrom drive and just can't boot to it, a multitude of linux floppies exist that you could boot from and probably consequently start the Fedora cd from. I hope all this helped. Good luck! Chris Covington [1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10 [2] http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=55820edb-5039-4955-bcb7-4fed408ea73f&displaylang=en _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list