Dual booting with Linux

[Picard]

How do I dual boot with Edubuntu (Linux) and XP on the same PC.
I have edbuntu already on the PC on a 35GB partition. I have a 5GB swap file partition and then I have the rest (40GB) as a partition made with the Edubuntu CD. Although If I boot with the XP Cd and then try to delete and create a Windows partition, it say I can't do that.

What is the correct sequence of procedures to follow.

I'm a Linux über-noob. Please keep this in mind.

I have heard that maybe I should install XP first and the let the Grub boot loader sort the rest out.

 

[w1z4rd]

I found that if you install Linux first, and then Windows you are going to have to know to use grub pretty well to dual boot. If you install windows first, and then your flavour of linux, grub should be correctly installed.

So what you heard is the easiest way to get it done.

 

[PostmanPot]

So what you heard is the easiest way to get it done.

Agreed.

 

[hj2k_x]

Yip

 

[milomak]

Can you go into a terminal/console and paste the output of the following here (don't type the # signs):

# sudo -i
# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
# fdisk -l

Does anyone know how the LiveCD mounts existing partions. Is it something like /media/hda1?