Can XP be installed second?

[Martin Maney <linux-managers-sub@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've been trying to avoid it, but I must, finally, setup a dual boot
with XP for compatibility testing.  It would be vastly more convenient
if I could install XP in available space on the existing setup without
trashing the Linux system already in place, but all the writeups I've
found suggest that this is at best difficult, perhaps impossible (at
least impossible to rely on it working).  If it's just that XP insists
on overwriting the MBR, like every other version of Windows I've
wrestled with, that's not a problem.  I get the impression it's worse
than that, though?

To perhaps complicate matters, the install is on a Dell Optiplex and
would be from its original reinstall CD.  Do those have even nastier
habits than your generic installer?  Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

Thanks!

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