Red hat Linux 9.0 installation is successfull and tested. Windows XP professional installation is also successful and tested but the dual booting option is vanished. I have done the non dos partition for linux.

1. Look the linux has a nasty habit of making its boot loader the default one when you install it. So if you first install linux and then Xp, The Xp rewrites the boot loader and The linux simply dosent like it. So Keep in mind always install linux at last. The problem is not with your partition. And also remember you can set Windows xp as default os while you are installing linux so why don you try installing xp first n then Linux…good luck n lemme know
2. First Install Windows XP. And during Redhat installation, create /boot partition, and chose lilo or grub boot loader…
3. You have to install windows first.

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