Installing XP on Ubuntu

[Mike McMullin]

On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 11:05 +0530, dheeraj bansal wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks a ton guys for all the help, my ultimate objective is to
> connect a windows XP machine with a Ubuntu machine using cross cable
> to share data between the two, and for this I was in the notion that
> it is possible only if I have windows XP on both. So may be u can help
> connecting cross cable in the current setup or help me in installing
> XP on ubuntu box and then I will be able to connect the two. And I can
> partition the harddisk and do geeky stuff with my machine, so please
> everyone go ahead with all the possible solutions. Any help will be
> highly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks and Regards,
> Dheeraj Bansal
> 

  You won't need to install XP on the Ubuntu system then.  Assuming that
you have internet, hook them both up to a router, and then browse the
network in Ubuntu to find the XP system.  This will require some
configuration on both systems but you can find that through Google.