From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   philo  wrote:   
      
   > On 05/20/2011 01:52 PM, Brian christiansen wrote:   
   >> I don't know if this is the right group to post to, but here goes.   
   >>   
   >> I recently built a semi-tricked out computer (not really, it is the same   
   >> components as is offered for a very basic computer by a local computer   
   >> shop, but with selected components - memory and storage - increased as   
   >> much as possible.) Then I installed Ubuntu.  In fact I am running Ubuntu   
   >> and using pan newsreader right now.   
   >>   
   >> The ubuntu works just fine, and I like it fine, however, except for a few   
   >> simple games (minesweeper, majong, aisleriot solitaire), most native linux   
   >> games are not worth the disk space they take up, or at least I have not   
   >> found any that are.   
   >>   
   >> To this end, I decided to partition off a small area (~40G) and install XP   
   >> on it for these couple of games.  However, it is not properly recognizing   
   >> the partions.  According to gparted (the ubuntu partiton editor), I have   
   >> a ext4 partion on one drive with the the ubuntu OS on it,  a second ext4   
   >> partion on a second drive with /home (equivalent of documents and   
   >> settings) and an NTFS pation that currently has nothing on it.   
   >>   
   >> When I try to install XP on this, it "sees" 2 drives that are about 13G   
   >> each.  I have no idea where on my system I have any partitions of that   
   >> size.  I think the problem is that it does not have the proper SATA   
   >> drivers for the disks I am using, and I will have to use a program called   
   >> NLITE to slipstream them to the installation media I have because I do   
   >> not have a floppy on this system.   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > Windows needs to be installed on an active, primary partition...   
   >   
   > It's way easier to dual boot if you install Windows first.   
      
   I'll second that.   
      
   > I think I'd just put another drive in the machine and select the drive   
   > you want to use with the bios option   
      
   If OP's computer has an IDE controller, I'd say use an IDE drive, and install   
   lilo/grub/[whatever Ubuntu uses] to the IDE drive's boot sector.   
      
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