I found that mandrake 7.2 and win2k played pretty well together. If you are going to use LILO or Grub as the boot loader be prepared to add a boot win2k line manually after mandrake is installed and running. Abe A&L wrote: > > Hi! > > A friend's computer currently has Windows 2000 installed in his primary > master 20GB hard drive. > > His 8.4GB primary slave hard drive is currently free and wishes to > install Mandrake 7.2 in it. > > Will this setup be hassle free in the sense that: > 1. No re-partitioning on the 20GB drive be made, if possible. > 2. Win2000 is the default OS to boot until he gets the hang of Mandrake. > > Any feedback, suggestions from the gurus welcomed and appreciated > (before I start thrashing his partitions) > > Thanks!