before you reinstall, set up a bootloader on a floppy disk. that way, after you install XP you can boot back to red hat from a floppy, and just reconfigure your loader back to the mbr from there.

I installed Linux on a second hard disk and I'm assuming GRUB is currently living on my original hard disk's MBR where I have WinXP installed. Is there any trick to being able to keep GRUB or at least ...

Truths about dual booting I learned the hard way.

Dual-booting your favorite operating systems is an old practice. It gives you complete access to the underlying hardware, and you can run both operating systems in their full glory. I dual-booted ...

A Secure Boot update wasn’t supposed to hit dual-boot machines, but it’s now preventing some Linux installs from booting. A Secure Boot update wasn’t supposed to hit dual-boot machines, but it’s now ...

Partitioning your hard drive is part of the process and could affect your current data. Make sure to back up your system completely before you begin. Depending on the arrangement, you may need to ...