How much mail are we talking about retrieving?  Where
were you planning on storing it while you reformatted?

Doug


--- Jeremy J Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey folks,
> I have a question about running a 586 optimized
> linux virtually through 
> virtual pc.
> My base system is ms windows with a duron 700, 512mb
> pc133, 56k dialup, 
> 10/100 linksys ethernet, onboard sound, nvidia ti
> gf2, win xp pro sp1.
> I have a partion setup for linux but I don't wanna
> wipe out the stuff I have 
> there because I didn't put a seperate the user dir
> from the root and my 
> install is messed up because I tried to install the
> proprietary nvidia 
> drivers and it didn't work.
> All I would really want to do was grab my email from
> the current linux part. 
> and then reinstall after I formatted the part. and
> start from scratch.
> The current dist I have is mandrake 9.
> 
> Would running it virtually be enough for me to grab
> my mail then format that 
> partition so I could start over?
> 
> Jeremy Bertrand
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
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