[Tfug] XP+RH

Paul Scott,,, tfug@tfug.org
Tue Jun 25 10:26:01 2002


Jim Secan wrote:

>At 09:22 AM 06/25/02 -0700, you wrote:
>  
>
>> XP Pro and it was installed first on the system.  Then I installed
>> RH7.3 and I didn't have to modify grub for anything other than the
>> Label I wanted on WinXP.  I think it tried to call it Windows or
>> Windows NT by default.  I haven't seen the "want to format" problem
>> at all though.
>>    
>>
>
>Thanks - the warnings I received pertained most to XP Home, and I seem to
>recall that XP Pro devolved from Win2000 Pro (from WinNT) and is less a
>nuisance that XP Home. 
>
AFAIK both versions of XP are totally in the NT line and ME was the last 
of the 9X line.

> I guess I'll just forge ahead and see what happens.
>
>The GOOD news is that my home office in Seattle is really irritated by MS's
>new licensing scheme and is looking seriously at a Linux/Star[Open]Office
>alternative.
>
That's great news!

Paul Scott