Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:
I currently have two computers, a tower and a laptop, which dual boot v9.0
First of all, dual booting is booting more than one OS off the same bootable partition. Installing more than one OS to more than one partition and using a boot manager to choose the system to boot is called multibooting.
and Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional using the GRUB boot loader. I'm getting ready to upgrade W2000 to Windows XP Professional and would like to
Upgrade? You really think replacing an OS that (at least when new) respected your privacy with one that reports hardware configuration changes (and who knows what else) home to big brother is an upgrade?
know what alligators are out there in the swamp just waiting to rise up and nip me? In particular, am I going to foul up anything with regard to booting?
Make sure you have a working Linux rescue boot method that you know how to use. -- "The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of governmental power." General Douglas MacArthur Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/partitioningindex.html