Quote Originally Posted by benjamin1254
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its best if u install xp first then knoppix. It is always gana be windows first then other Os's such as knoppix. windows hates to be second best so it gets angry when u deside it needs to be second in line... just my 2 cents
Windows doesn't hate to be second best to other OSs, it's just designed to be the only OS on a machine. You can't tell it not to modify your MBR when it installs. You know that you can install them in any order though. If you happen to install linux first, make sure you partition the HDD so you have space for windows on another partition. When you install Windows, tell it to install on that partition. Then after it installs, the MBR will of course only boot windows. But you can just reinstall LILO or GRUB from a LiveCD. They usually autoconfigure themselves to include the Windows partition.