Need advice to make laptop dual boot (CentOS 6 and windows xp)?

Question

Hi,

I have laptop 32 bit, 2 GB RAM.

i want to install CentOS 6 and windows xp to make laptop dual boot.

which OS should be install first.

please advice.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Install XP first, then CentOS



When installing CentOS, it will detect that Windows is already installed, so will install boot-loader allowing you to dual boot between both OS's



Install XP on NTFS partition and CentOS on ext3 + swap partition (at least 256 MB) to support virtual memory when there is not enough RAM to store the data your system is processing

Answer 2

Install Windows first, because each operating system installs its own boot loader, and the Windows boot loader doesn't dual boot by default.

Answer 3

First XP, then CentOS.

Windows first. Always.