Re: running WinXP and Linux

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From: Rick (RickH40_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/21/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:19:28 -0600

D@annyBoy wrote:
> What's the best way to run WinXP and Linus on different partitions on a
> laptop?
>
> It is possible to run WinXP using NTFS in combination with Linux?
>
>
I do not know about all variants of Linux but Gentoo will not run on
NTFS. I made a FAT32 partition. They work well together.

Rick

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