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On Thursday 03 July 2003 10:09 am, John Gould wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I am a bit new to running linux, and need a little help. I am currently
> running Red Hat 8.0 on a dual boot system with 2k. I am having a lot of
> problems with it, most of them my fault, but a few that have been around
> since install. I downloaded the ISO's for Mandrake last night and want
> to give it a try. The one thing I am worried about is I am running the
> graphical version of the boot loader (grub I think), and I am worried if
> I blow out my Red Hat Partition and replace it with Mandrake if this
> will pooch my whole system. Does anyone have any advice on the matter?
No, it won't 'pooch' the system (or it shouldn't, anyway). I've successfully
installed versions 7.x all the way to 9.1 on both my laptop (dual-boot
Mandrake 9.1 & Win98SE) and my desktop (Mandrake 9.1 via Connectix Virtual PC
on a Windows XP box).
Most importantly, BACK UP YOUR HOME DIRECTORY before you try this.
When installing Mandrake, instruct it to use the existing partitions. And, at
the end, you'll be presented with a screen to set up various parts of the
system. Scroll down to the bootloader portion to change the bootloader from
LILO (which is what Mandrake installs by default) to GRUB. Mandrake
automatically picks up and configures any non-Linux (i.e., WIndows)
partitions and adds them automatically to the GRUB boot menu. BTW, you'll
also be able to rename the menu items to something more English, like
changing 'windows' to 'MIcrosoft Windows 2000 Professional'.
The only thing you'll miss is that Mandrake's GRUB is text-mode only (not a
cool frame-buffered GUI like Red Hat's).
SWB
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