[CentOS] Re: dual boot w/WinXP

[Ray Leventhal]

<snip>
>>
>>
>> I have a working WinXP SP2 workstation with an unused partition on the
>> primary HDD.  I'd like for the unused area to be used for dual booting
>> CentOS5 but am not sure what needs to be done (if anything) to the
>> config file for kickstart prior to booting with CD1 in the drive.
>>
>> Any suggestions or pointers to docs I may have missed are greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> ~Ray
> I wouldn't bother setting up a kickstart file for a "one off" install.
> A kickstart install is usually for repetitive many systems alike
> installs, like a corporate desktop setup with many workstations, or a
> cluster of servers.
>

Hi Scott,

Thanks.. I'm forever getting terminology wrong :)

So, am I to understand that booting on a WinXP system from CentOS5 CD
will not damage the existing partition table?  What I'd like is to
install CentOS on that errant partition, then add the bootloader to the MBR.

Thanks,
~Ray