Blaine,
> ...In the meantime another co-worker who I have helped out on
> Unix systems where I work has given me Mandrake 7.2 CD's along
> with StarOffice CD's. I would like to try out all this but I
> have a question before proceeding - do I need to "wipe out" the
> Red Had before proceeding or do I just do an install of the
> Mandrake? If advisable to "wipe out" Red Hat - how? Thanks.
I'd recently moved from RH 6.0 to lm7.2 on two pc's (& will be
-- if the video card cooperates -- doing a third this weekend).
One had had only RH on it, & I wanted to dual-boot, so I'd had to
format the whole drive. The other though, was alread dual-
booting with W2k, so I just popped the lm7.2 cd in the drive &
started the install. I'd formatted the RH partition & installed
there. Worked fine.
Can't say it'll work for everyone on every pc without trouble,
but it souldn't cause any stress. Just don't do an upgrade.
Even if it allows the install, you'll definitely run into hassels
if you're even able to boot up.
Oh, StarOffice is pretty cool. I've been using it since just
bofore Sun bought StarDivision (& had used an early pre-cursor to
StarWriter, called WordStar, many years ago on a CP/M box).
Though I'd relied on M$ Word -- & liked it -- for years, I'd had
no problem moving to SO & love it.
Meph
--
"I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody."
-Dave '-ddt->' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
