I have two hard drives, and i want to intsall linux on one of them?

Hi, I have two hard drives, C: and J:. I want to install linux on one of them (the c hard drive). I also want it so that on the boot up, it will ask me if i want it to boot up in linux or in windows xp. I know this is possible, as this is what my friends computer does. i have plenty of hard drive space, the only problem is how to make it so it asks me to boot in windows or linux. please help!

I have two hard drives, and i want to intsall linux on one of them?
Linux has something called grub/lilo its a much more sophisticated version of boot.ini and almost all the time except with SATA drives it will configure itself and work perfectly. You should be able to choose installation paths when you install your os, if i remember correctly your drives will also be labelled so you dont format your Windows drive by accident.





I'm sure you know, but in linux theres no letters for hard drives its SDA/HDA1 and 2 depending on partitions etc, most of the time hda/sda1 is your primary drive, anyway, I'sd read about that and make sure your drive is identified properly before you install (as i said it should be automated).
Reply:Generally, this is in the realm of the computer guru. Yes, multi-system computers are becoming more widely used.





Initialize the second drive. Do a quick format (probably a FAT or FAT32). There's a part of Microsoft's installation setup that will partition available disk space AND (re)set the boot-up program with variable operating system selections. Direct the Linux installation onto the available disk space
Reply:Just install the linux in one of the hard drives, it should take care of everything.