Anne; Yes, that's absolutely right. Change the mount point to /temp during the install. Don't format it !! I mention that because I've accidently done it myself a few times. Once that's done, proceed with the Win98 and LM 8.2 installs as usual. LM 8.2 being the second install, will automatically detect the Win98 partition as well, thereby adding Win98 into the lilo configuration. You'll probably have to change the mount point for the old /home, before setting the other mount points though. Otherwise Mandrake will put up a fuss, thinking that you have 2 /home partitions.
Later, when you do the 9.0 install, everything should go like clock-work and 9.0 will also add itself to your boot config. A word to the wise, though. Make sure that you give custom names to your Mandr5ake installs when setting up Lilo or Grub, so that you don't get any error messages about "duplicate names". I've actually experimented with this and found that you can name an O/S anything in Lilo and it works fine. Even had a client who asked me to name them "Crunchy" and "Smoothy" ! Either this guy knows of a few exotic drinks I've never heard of, or he REALLY likes his Peanut Butter! Whenever I've done installs this way, I've even re-named my /mnt/win_c partition (and occasionally even a /mnt/win_d) to /Windows and /Archive with no problems whatsoever. Then at least I can find those partitions quicker in Konqueror, and I don't have to wait for Konqueror to "auto-mount" my CDrom or Floppy drives each time I need access to the Windows or Archive partition. Actually, I just finished one of these types of installs this past weekend. Works like a charm. Have fun! (?) Lanman *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 12/11/2002 at 7:28 PM Anne Wilson wrote: >Lanman - > >When discussing my cleanup and redistribution of installs and data on my 3 >hdds, you advised me to 'change the Mount Point' (of the 4 Gb drive) 'to >something like "/temp"'. Just to put my mind at rest - I presume this is >done during the install? I seem to remember that I was invited to name >the >partitions found during the install - am I right? > >I've backed up all the fat32 data (it hasn't had a thorough clean down for >years so much is duplicated) and first thing in the morning I'll back up >my >Mdk 8.2 install, then it's crossed fingers and toes and go for it. I'll >follow your advice, I think, putting Win98 and 8.2 on the first drive and >Mdk >9.0 on the second. > >Anne > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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