Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-03 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 03 Jan 2003 2:49 am, 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 Others deal

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-03 Thread Michael Adams
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Mitchell Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 8:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade Problem is I have over 50 gigs of MP3's and movies on the Windows

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-03 Thread Mark Mitchell
If I do a clean install and format my Linux partitions will I still be able to boot the windows 2000 partition through LILO? - Mark Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 03 Jan 2003 2:49 am, Mark Mitchell wrote: I have a machine running windows 2000 server and Mandrake 8.0 I want to

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-03 Thread K. Spress
e In Local Telephone Service Ask Me How.[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Mark Mitchell To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade If I do a clean install and format my Linux partitions will I sti

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-03 Thread Anne Wilson
Don't see why not. I used to have W2K and Mdk 8.2 on this box and could boot to either from lilo. Anne On Friday 03 Jan 2003 2:11 pm, Mark Mitchell wrote: If I do a clean install and format my Linux partitions will I still be able to boot the windows 2000 partition through LILO? - Mark

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-03 Thread John Richard Smith
It's your choice, either remove lilo with the dos switch in which case your left with w2k's own boot loader or leave lilo in place (it sits in the mbr) either way when you come to install mandrake a new lilo will be written. John Mark Mitchell wrote: If I do a clean install and format my

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-03 Thread Keith
Buy back up to another HDD..They are CHEAP now adays... On Thursday 02 January 2003 09:59 pm, you wrote: Problem is I have over 50 gigs of MP3's and movies on the Windows partition that I cant afford to lose and I have no way of backing up that much data - Mark Keith wrote:

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-03 Thread et
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

RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-03 Thread Adolfo Bello
Title: Message I have done this several times without any problem. Adolfo -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mark MitchellSent: Friday, January 03, 2003 10:11 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-03 Thread Bob Read
Keith wrote: Buy back up to another HDD..They are CHEAP now adays... On Thursday 02 January 2003 09:59 pm, you wrote: Problem is I have over 50 gigs of MP3's and movies on the Windows partition that I cant afford to lose and I have no way of backing up that much data -

[newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-02 Thread Mark Mitchell
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-02 Thread Keith
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

Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-02 Thread Mark Mitchell
Problem is I have over 50 gigs of MP3's and movies on the Windows partition that I cant afford to lose and I have no way of backing up that much data - Mark Keith wrote: Do not mess around...BACK UP important files/folders On Thursday 02 January 2003 08:49 pm, Mark Mitchell wrote:

RE: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade

2003-01-02 Thread Brandon Vanderberg
lf Of Mark MitchellSent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 8:00 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual Boot Upgrade Problem is I have over 50 gigs of MP3's and movies on the Windows partition that I cant afford to lose and I have no way of backing up that much data- MarkK