Michael Higgins <linux <at> evolone.org> writes:
> I have a laptop with a spare partition waiting for WinXP, to install > from Dell OEM disks that came originally. > Is this possible? I understand XP will overwrite the MBR. So, I'd have > to re-install grub & that's it? '-) The easiest thing to do is install XP first. Then use the microsoft utilities (I forget the name) to shrink down the size of the partition (usually about 50%). Then install Gentoo in the space that XP is not occupying. James -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list