D. R. Evans wrote:
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OK, a really simple question:
where is there a definitive howto describing exactly how to install 9.2 on a laptop that already has XP on it, in such a way that one can boot either OS at the end of the installation?
There are lots of howtos for other versions of Mandrake and other other Linuces, but they aren't consistent and they don't leave me with any confidence that I won't end up with a munged box.
This laptop (an IBM T40) has NO floppy drive.
I just did an installation on it, and looked long and hard at the screen that asked me where to put the bootloader -- and I didn't know how to answer the question (especially since it said that this step was usually automatic).
There are no XP system CDs, just those stupid "put the entire system back the way it was when you opened the box" CDs, so if I screw up the installation, I can easily see myself losing everything that's currently on the box. yes; there's a backup, but it's still a major pain to re-install and rebuild everything. So I really want to avoid that and get the Mandrake installation right the first time.
Doc
"Definitive" and "exactly" are not likely to describe any HOWTO, especially for something as recent as 9.2, as the variations in hardware/software/user proclivities make it unlikely anything both comprehensive and generic will be wriiten for such a moving target. In fact, there are reports that some OEM installs of XP make it impossible to dual-boot linux or other OS:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=XP+oem+linux+dual-boot&spell=1
Everyone is advised to backup before install and, although it usually works, there are no guarantees. If you choose to install the bootloader to your / partition or floppy or otherwise not to MBR, where the XP loader is, you might be able to make use of the following information at MUO Docs for using the XP bootloader for booting Mandrake:
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/install/i3boot.html
BTW, there used to be an option to not install the bootloader but I have not seen it for a couple of releases. I install to the / partition and, when asked where the primary bootloader is installed, I choose hda.
Rolf
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