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XP and partition limit?
LockedI recently set up a laptop with Linux RedHat 9, leaving about half the drive empty for use for XP. After the install I started the XP install and got the to partition choice window. It showed the 3 Linux partitions (root, swap, home) and the free space. I chose the free space to install XP into, but it gave me an error – couldn’t install XP because the limit of partitions had been reached. What’s up with that? I’ve never come across that before. Since I had to get the machine up and running as soon as possible I wiped the drive and started over, this time with XP first, then Linux (the way I usually set up dual-boot boxes). But what’s the deal with the partition limit, especially since there were only 3 partitions?