I do similar to this
but use vmware (www.vmware.com) .
I have a win2k box hosting a linux virtual machine
(MDK 8.1) and it works resonably well.
I then share files via samba.

-D

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Hi All,
I am purchasing a new machine which I intend to duel boot between
Windows XP Pro and Mandrake Linux 8.1. This machine will be used for
development work of a Firebird based system. Half of the development
work is in Java (Servlets) for which I intend to use Linux as the
development environment (where possible). The other half is in Delphi
(therefore windows :-().