[ros-general] ROS installer scribbled over my ext2 partition :-(

[Devin Smith]

On 4/26/05, Michael B. Trausch <fd0man at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Christof Petig wrote:
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> | This limitation really hurts if you do not plan to use ROS exclusively
> | on that computer (e.g. if you do not want to throw XP away completely or
> | you already use a first primary partition for linux).
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> ROS and XP can share the same partition.  It just cannot be NTFS.  You
> can always move partitions around.
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>        - Mike
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ROS and XP can share the same partition but if you are booting without
Grub then the bootloader code can't. NTLDR will have to exist on one
partition while while FREELDR will require another.

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Devin Smith