Minimum System Requirement for Linux Suse 1131

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 20:28:24 -0800, Arkentos

Where did I say the WinXP will be on the menu automatically upon detection by Suse? That very well may be a fact, but I didn't say it. I did say that Suse setup may be able to do things automatically for you- if you want to let it.

I did say, "Caveat: I am not using Suse."

Plus, I gave a few warnings, such as, that you should review the documentation for the distro of your choice (suse). And, if you can't afford to lose what is on your computer now, then it's your responsibility to know what you're doing. Backup before you start, etc.

I'll add some more here: Caveat: I am not running Windows XP. I am not running Windows 98.

The first thing you should do is to stop referring to your drives as C:, D:, etc. Instead, create the parbreastion table(s) that I suggested. You can add a column which maps to a Windows drive letter buttignment where applicable. If you have more than one physical drive, then you'll need a parbreastion table for each drive.

I have never used Windows 98. I ran Win98 setup a couple of times to help friends recover from virus infection. I didn't pay that much attention to the loader. In a way, you already have a dual boot system, 98 and XP. Do you know how these two interact to boot now? If so, then you should be able to reproduce that behaviour with grub using its chainloader command. For example, it's possible that Windows 98 is an entry on Windows XP boot menu. In that case, you'd only need to chainload to the master boot menu for Windows, which will continue to display the existing menu choices.

Study the grub manual:

Or I wrote this shorter summary of some key commands:

BTW, I have tried to give you general advice, not tell you specifically what to do.

-- Ripley: And you let him in.