> >Do not mess around...BACK UP important files/folders > > > >On Thursday 02 January 2003 08:49 pm, Mark Mitchell wrote: > >> I have a machine running windows 2000 server and Mandrake 8.0 > >>I want to upgrade to Mandrake 9. Is there anything I should beware of > >>before upgrading a dual boot machine. If I lose my 2000 install I will > >>be screwed. > >> > >>- Mark back up is not something you do once before you screw with things, like saving documents you are working on, it is something to be done often. that said you will not have any problem with the M$ partitions as long as you do an expert install and do not screw with any fat or ntfs partitions. I boot, WinME (hda1), MDK 7.0 to 9.0 (clean installs across 2 harddrives,hda5 for /home, hda6 for/, hda7 for swap, and hdc5 fat data, hdc6 for /var) and hda8 has Win2k. lilo sees the win2k bootloader as "windows" and then I choose either win2k or winMe. never a problem since Lilo overcame the 1024 cyl limit.
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