-----Original Message----- From: Tomas Rett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Raw tree installation of mdk 9.2
What is RC2 in the Mandrake description ? Tom Dne pá 31. října 2003 11:46 John Richard Smith napsal(a): > Chuck Vose wrote: > > Mukul Sabharwal wrote: > >> Hi thanks for the reply. > >> > >> Well I want to know (before starting) that I have Mandrake 9.2 RC2 > >> installed, and I have WinXP running too. > >> > >> Basically if I do the floppy boot, and let it run, I won't be able > >> to do anything I presume. Anyway, that seems ok. > >> > >> The problem is that will it screw up my previous installation or > >> something of XP and RC2. I do want it to go in the RC2 partition > >> that I've created. > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> P.S. - Does anybody know when the ISO's come out ? > > > > Mandrake is really good about not killing your other installations. > > I'm currently running Mandrake 9.2 and XP just like you are. But no > > matter what if Mandrake or any other distro (or practically > > anything for that matter) screws with your bootloader and makes it > > impossible to boot you can boot into the recovery console through > > the XP install cd and run FIXMBR and it will make XP bootable > > again. That is unless YOU nuke your xp partition or something > > (read: Partition Magic Pro, etc). As for the official cd's, they're > > already shipping so you should probably see them popping up on > > mirrors shortly. Nice place to check is > > http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=29 . It's a little > > clearer than the Mandrake download page :) > > Are these the finished thing ? > > MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD1.i586.iso > MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD2.i586.iso > MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD3.i586.iso > > John RC2 stands for Release candidate 2, this happens to be the one just before the Final MDK release. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com <http://www.bcpsoftware.com/>
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