I installed 7.0 on a second hard disc, and the key seems to have been that
there were already Linux partitions on the second hard disc--it was already
ext2. If you establish at least one ext2 partition on the second HD, I
think Mandrake will find it. All the distros I haved tried seem to do it.
Don J.
----- Original Message -----
From: Edison Gica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 1:45 PM
Subject: [newbie] DISCUSSION (Documentation)
> I have not yet installed 7.0 coz I'm still reading the stuff on
> installation.
>
> My comment is in the documentation (Installation Manual). It only
explains
> or presumes that the user has only one hard disk and that if the option
> 'Custom' or 'Expert' is installed it is again presumed that the user knows
> what to do.
>
> Now in my case, I have 2 hard disks and found out from the demos in the
web
> that I have to go to either 'Custom' or 'Expert' installation to be able
to
> install 7.0 in my second hard disk w/c I want to do.
>
> I'm a newbie (obviously :) ) and if I have not read those I would have
> accidentally used the 'Normal' installation and it would go and shrink my
> Win partition (!) w/c I would not want to happen.
>
> A well organized installation procedure posted in the web site would be
> great if printing a bulky manual is not considered economical.
>
> Thanks for letting us users give feedback. Hey, this is one great way to
> compete with MS so this should be done more often. No sleep guys :D
>
> edison
>
>
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