wbg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] sez: > <snip> > > > Knottix and Kubuntu and some other distributions can be > installed after > > Windows. Always after Windows as Windows will wipe out any other > > OS on the system when it installs. > <snip> > > bg: > > I believe your recommended sequence is right, but your description > may not be. In my experience, what Windows does is not "wipe out" > any other OS that's present when Windows installs; rather what Windows > does on encountering a boot manager of any kind is to > set all partitions other than its own permanently inactive, and flash > a message up on your screen that *implies* that all other O/Ses > are gone. > > Which I guess is probably just about as bad, for most people :-)
I haven't run a live CD version in a while, but the big installable distros all have some form of repair functionality. For SuSE it's part of the Install. That is, you start off as though you were going to install SuSE again, and after a couple of questions you are offered the option to repair the existing installation (meaning that you take a couple of minutes to perform a quick fix; you don't need to re-install what is still on your machine... merely hidden by Windows). Within that repair facility, you can have it re-assert the Lilo or GRUB boot loader. The system looks at what's on your hard disk (the Linux that you had for a while, and the Windows that you just installed/re-installed) and sets up dual-boot with either Windows or Linux as the default, and the other one as a selectable item during the boot process (with a certain number of seconds for you to make up your mind at every startup). As several people have indicated, if you install/re-install Windows after Linux, Windows is arrogant and stomps all over the boot loader. Linux is more polite and accomodating, willing to live in peace with whatever else is on your machine. Ahem. Kevin The information contained in this electronic mail transmission may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer without copying or disclosing it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
