A little help with installing Windows and configuring GRUB

I want to install Windows XP on my machine for various reasons. As I am writing this I am using an existing Archlinux. Now I wonder what I should take care of considering GRUB when installing Windows.
I know that Windows likes to mess with the MBR and as I am not too proficient with such things I want to be careful.
Alright, now I put in the Windows installation CD, choose a fitting partition and let it install. I assume that afterwards my GRUB will be gone... How do I take care of this?

After windows has finished installing, re-insert you arch install cd and boot from it.
Mount your arch Installation as below
mount /dev/sdXY /mnt
- change sdX for your arch / partition, also mount /boot if you have a seperate /boot partition.
start the installer, and then just do the grub stage of the install again
or issue the command
grub-install /dev/sdX --root-directory=/mnt
Last edited by gazj (2008-02-25 14:43:26)

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referrence those tables by column when joining multiple tables
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create a new virtual machine (make sure to add a floppy image drive if you are using vmware)
step 2
put your dos floppy/image in or mount it and install dos
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download and install the free version of magiciso
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google it. it's easy to do
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