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Can you install xp after Linux in a computer on the same hard drive?
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∙ 13y ago
Yes, you can. But no in the same logical partition. But it's not easy, because you will have to edit boot.ini file manually which is not trivial. It's better to install Xp and then Linux.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 10y agoYes. This is called "multi-boot" and the de facto standard Linux bootloader (GRUB) is the reference implementation bootloader for this process.
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