Hello all, this is the unimportant back story:
I love games, I own an XBOX (save your boo's for later please, I enjoy it :)), and I used to play games on my PC (winNT style) I had heard about Wine, WineX, and other "emulators" (maybe not the best word, if you can suggest a better one, please inform me) that can and do run certain native WIN programs/games on Linux. I have also heard that there are some problems with these WIN applications. I have witnessed them myself, I cannot get my games to work. I know that this is my fault, and nobody elses. So, instead of trying to "make" them work, or even install in some circumstances; I have chosen to turn an old, dusty hard-drive I have lying around back into an XP system (maybe win2k, I have all their major releases). this is the meat of the question: Can I essentially: -"detach" my debian-installed drives -attach a "blank" drive (it would be the last IDE slot) -install XP onto that disk (letting XP muck around with the MBR (on it's own drive)) -re-attach the debian drives (leaving the XP drive attached, at the end of the drive order) -add some information to LILO (to point to the newly installed XP system) -choose what I want to do at boot-time: play games - or - everything else? Is this all possible? Or did I make something up, that is either way too complex, or simply not pratical? I'm aware that I could of left winNT on my computer, and THEN installed Linux, but I did not have the foresight to do this (stupid me:)). I am also aware that it is possible to install winNT after installing Linux/GNU, but I have heard (from the dual-boot howto at tldp.org, and other un-rememberable places (is that even a word?)) that it is complex. I am NOT asking for steps on how to accomplish this, I wouldn't do such a thing to you guys/gals; what I am asking is if it is possible, and if it is way too complex for a newbie like me to do. thank you all for your time, amg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
