Derek Jennings wrote: > Almost all of us either run dual booting machines, or used to before kicking > the windows habit entirely. It's a breeze.. > > Just remember to defragment your Win98 drive first (and do not select the > check box that offers to make programs load faster) This will free up space > on your hard drive so a Linux partition can be added. > > Set your BIOS to boot from CD and insert the Mandrake disc. > The auto install will then take care of everything else. Just select the > default install. > Mandrake will automatically create partitions for linux, and will install > everything. > > Mandrake 8.2 came out this week. If you have access to broadband it is worth > trying to download a copy. It is the best Mandrake version yet, and > supports the most hardware. > > If you run into problems please consult the list archives before posting. > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > derek > > > On Thursday 21 March 2002 01:10, Ron Grace wrote: > >>does anybody run both linux and windows on the same machine? how much >>trouboe was it to get to work. >> >>i am running windows 98se,and going to try to load mandrake >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
A dual booting system is probably what most of us have. The one problem I had when I first installed Mandrake was that the automatic partitioning system overwrote my windows setup on the first attempt. You can get round this but pay attention to what the install process is trying to do. The default seems to be to install to the first available partition -- Graham Watkins For me, morning begins when I realize that the soft warm body curled up next to me is a cat. (Kinky Friedman - Frequent Flyer) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
