Thanks for the thought, booting is not an issue, I have moved XP up to 
the top of the boot list, with Kubuntu right below on the 2nd line so 
it's only 1 down arrow to get there. :)

sergio masci wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, Carl Denk wrote:
> 
>> I have been trying to get Kubuntu Linux up and running as dual boot with 
>> XP home and PRO for the last month or so. It's been one problem after 
>> another, first it wouldn't accept any password, then couldn't change the 
>> video refresh and resolution, and goes on and on. Stuck at the moment to 
>> getting the network to share with the XP PRO. I keep hearing it's more 
>> stable, If I could get to the point of using it, maybe I could express 
>> an opinion.
>>
>> There are no good manuals, or how to do it out there. Good example is 
>> the network problem, search the forums, ask question on the forums, 
>> google to wherever. Lots of well meaning people out there, but their 
>> configuration is a little different with files in a different path, etc, 
>> try to mesh the nomenclature together, and you hit a dead end, go try 
>> someone elses ideas, still doesn't work. One would think as popular as 
>> Linux dual boot with XP seems to be, there would be a utility that does 
>> the grunt work, instead of laboring with command line for hours. The 
>> Windows seems more friendly with less command line, but I have spent 
>> lots of time with command prompt and regedit.
> 
> Have you tried OpenSuSE 10.2 ?
> 
> Having used slackware, debian, redhat, mandrake and suse over many years, 
> I am now a fan of suse.
> 
> I have a duel boot machine which uses grub to boot between linux and xp. 
> The only real problem I had was that I installed linux before xp, but I 
> wanted to do it this way around so that I could re-install xp whenever I 
> wanted. The docs on how to do this were non-existant at the time so I 
> tinkered with it myself until I got it working. Things maybe different now 
> and you may find a good doc if you look for duel booting with grub. Anyway 
> basically what I did was:
> 
> partition your HD
> 
> install linux
> 
> make copy of boot sector into /boot/linux.xyz
> 
> install xp
> 
> boot into linux using install CD (boot into rescue mode)
> 
> make copy of boot sector into /boot/xp.xyz
> 
> copy /boot/linux.xyz back to boot sector
> 
> edit grub script to see /boot/xp.xyz
> 
> reboot machine and grub will give you choice of linux or xp
> 
> If you need more details let me know
> 
> Regards
> Sergio Masci
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