On Saturday 30 Oct 2004 10:01, SME Server Admin wrote: > > 1. It's going to be dual boot so I'd need to install the Win98se first (in > a 20gb partition) and then install Mdk telling it to leave the 98 partition > right? This will assume that Mdk will sort it's own partitions up right. > I'd like to keep the personal files on another partition, is that feasable > or is it worth just leaving MDK to get on with it! > If you need to share data between windows and linux, create a partition formated as fat32 by the Mandrake install (choose 'expert' when you get to the partitioning - create the ones you know you need like this one and /home, which will hold all your personal config files and any data you don't direct to the shared one, and then leave the install to take care of the rest under /)
> 2. Samba. Assuming I want to have a samba shared area do I need to create > that as a seperate drive?? > No. You can configure samba any way you want, after the install. Just install both server and client if you need a 2-way system. > 3. For keeping all my mail folders and everything is it OK to install the > new OS then move the info from the old hard drive to the right place on the > new hard drive?? Or do I have to do something else. I know when I last > backed up the mail folders k3b changed all the dots to underscores :( > Windows had problems recognising some files and that went a bit haywire for > a bit. > >From this I am assuming that you will be keeping the old data at least for a time on the second drive? Yes, you can copy your mail across, but copy the contents of the mail folder, rather than the folder itself. > 4. is there anything else anyone here things I should do before the > transfer?? > It's always a good idea to back up your data, of course, but then I'm paranoid ;-) The main thing seems to be to keep windows from hogging the whole drive - which can be rectified, but causes more work. Good luck. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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