On Friday 23 March 2001 22:45, you wrote: > Since I moved from Mandrake 7.1 to 7.2 I have been frustrated because I > cannot get cups (the printing subsystem in 7.2) to work for me. I would > therefore like to go back to ver 7.1 until I work things out in 7.2 > > However I hate removing Mandrake 7.2 altogether. > > Is it possible to have 2 linux versions (or distributions like RH) > installed on the same PC > without messing things up? I have 4 OSs on this PC so I know all about > separate partitions and booting separately into them, etc. What I do not > know is what I need to do to keep 2 linux versions separate from each > other. What partitions I can keep to share between the two and what need > to be separate. Do I just need a separate root partition for the 7.1 > distribution and can keep my other partitions? > > Presently I have 7.2 installed in 5 partitions: > /, /home, /opt, /usr/local plus swap partition > > Any advice? > > Thanks. > > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Registered Linux user 183185 When it is up again, go to www.mandrakeforum.com and search the archives for "Two Mandrake". It happens that I wrote an article on that last December for just such a situation. Civileme
