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Hi all

been using linux for a while now (2-3 years??)

q)
whats the difference between an install
 and an upgrade??

currently running rh 7.3; have rh 8.0 install set

upgrade seems to blow away any prevous kernel versions
 in the grub menu on startup

a) I waz woundering if by doing an install, I would have
 kept the prevous boot options?

I have apps such as VMWare which prevously have been
 very very picky about what kernel they play in the
 sandpit with [:(] ...thus have been caught out in prevous
 upgrades by being forced to upgrade all

b) I see there's 7.3 compatablity libraries; is it
 possible to run both 7.3 & 8.0 with ease?

c) also, as a on-the-side question - how hard is it to
 run a few distro's together? ie say... Mandrake / RedHat
 & Debian (maybe).

I'd imagine careful planning of partitions would be required,
 but all-in-all very possible ...no?
 (have large HD capacity & want to play)

thanking all in advance [:)]

cheers
Marcus
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