Not true at all. I did the CD-ROM drive boot / install and it worked fine. I can now boot into either Windows or Linux using the Grub menu. Joe > -----Original Message----- > From: John Gist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2000 2:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Booting from CD at install? > > > Getting ready to do my first ever Linux install. I have the 7.0 boxed > set. My CD drive is bootable. The computer has Windows on a 6.4 gig > hard drive that is all one partition. I want to keep Windows and set up > dual boot with Linux. In a book on Linux/Mandrake I purchased at the > book store is a statement that sounds as if booting from the CD will > erase the drive. If this is true I will use a floppy instead. > > Thanks > John >
