2 operating systems, device drivers

Previously Miori <cattorayye.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
 > Hi,
 > I have a PC with Windows XP and I'm going to add a 2nd HD to my PC and
 > install fedora on it (dual-boot).
 > My question is: will the 2 operating systems use the same device
 > drivers to interact with devices like CD-drive, sound card, video
 > card, TV card, etc? Or will each operating system use it's own device
 > drivers?

In most cases its own drivers. There is a limited possibility
to use Windows-drivers in Linux by means of a special wrapper,
but it is a last resort.

 > If the later, then does this mean that I need to install the device
 > drivers again for Fedora, is there a possibility of confusin happening
 > between the device drivers of the 2 operating systems? Will this
 > affect the devices themselves?

The Linux model is different. Most drivers are not installed later,
but already included into the kernel. So usually you need to install
no or very few drivers for Linux.

Arno
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