On Sunday 28 October 2001 02:21 pm, you wrote:
> I've been thinking (actually this was actually a
> random thought), but is it possible to "upgrade" from
> Windows9x to Linux? By that I mean the following:
>
> Billy has a Windows9x/ME box. Billy wants to install
> linux, but likes his information where it is (or just
> doesn;t care for backing up his collection of 600
> Frankie Yankovic MP3s), and doesn't want to reset his
> settings (Billy is using his University's internet
> settings). Billy grabs a new version of Linux that
> says it can do an upgrade from Windows to Linux. Billy
> upgrades and now has a full Linux system running, with
> no Windows involved anywhere, running KDE (it just
> looks more like Windows), bash,
> Ext3/ReiserFS/Whatever... the works.
>
> Is that even possible? I was thinking that MAYBE it
> could be done by having the install do it one
> partition at a time or something.
>
> Again, just a random thought.
>
> Norb
GNorb,
You could call it "The Ultimate Windows Service Pack"
Jim
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