On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 12:59 +0100, Peter Bindels wrote:
> On 26/11/2007, Luis Moreira <Luis.Moreira@jet.uk> wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> > I just bought a new PC and as it will come with no OS I can see some
> > opportunity to install Linux from the start.
> > I would like to install Linux, probably OpenSuSe or UBuntu but I must
> > also have Windows XP for now. My question is: should I install Linux
> > first or Windows first? If I install windows first I can use something
> > as partition magic but I seem to remember that SuSe had a startup menu
> > which let you choose which OS do you wanted to use.
> > What is, in your opinion, the best way to do this?
> 
> Install Windows first. Windows doesn't recognise Linux while Linux
> does recognise Windows, 

True.

> so if you install Linux first and then Windows
> you won't be able to get to Linux because Windows overwrote the boot
> sector ignoring Linux.

True that Windows overwrites the MBR, put you make it sound like you've
lost your linux partition forever, which isn't true. 

Restoring GRUB/LILO is very simple. GRUB is more common, so as an
example:

http://www.sorgonet.com/linux/grubrestore/

I use knoppix to get to the point where I can run grub.

TTYL

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