Re: [opensuse] Installing windows last

2007-11-01 Thread Doug McGarrett
On Wednesday 31 October 2007 13:42, Aaron Kulkis wrote: > Mike McMullin wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 07:14 -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote: > >> Jake Conk wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I have openSUSE setup right now on my machine that has 2 mirrored > >>> 80gb disks. I just got another disk 80gb

Re: [opensuse] Installing windows last

2007-10-31 Thread Felix Miata
On 2007/10/31 13:42 (GMT-0400) Aaron Kulkis apparently typed: > Mike McMullin wrote: >> My apologies for nit-picking here. When Windows(tm) writes the MBR, >> it does not "break" the Linux install, > What version did that change with? > Every version I've seen, including the XP Government vers

Re: [opensuse] Installing windows last

2007-10-31 Thread Aaron Kulkis
Mike McMullin wrote: On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 07:14 -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote: Jake Conk wrote: Hello, I have openSUSE setup right now on my machine that has 2 mirrored 80gb disks. I just got another disk 80gb disk but I would like to install windows on it. My question is, is it possible to inst

Re: [opensuse] Installing windows last

2007-10-27 Thread Patrick Shanahan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Mike McMullin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [10-27-07 00:49]: > My apologies for nit-picking here. When Windows(tm) writes the MBR, > it does not "break" the Linux install, hence Linux doesn't need to be > repaired, but to have the boot loader configured to

Re: [opensuse] Installing windows last

2007-10-26 Thread Mike McMullin
On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 07:14 -0400, Aaron Kulkis wrote: > Jake Conk wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have openSUSE setup right now on my machine that has 2 mirrored > > 80gb disks. I just got another disk 80gb disk but I would like to > > install windows on it. My question is, is it possible to install

Re: [opensuse] Installing windows last

2007-10-26 Thread Billie Walsh
On 10/26/2007 Doug McGarrett wrote: I think this is not what the original writer had in mind. He'd like to _keep_ his Linux install. What if he disconnected the drive(s) with Linux on them, and then installed Windows on a clean drive. Supposesdly, you can multiboot from a Windows installat

Re: [opensuse] Installing windows last

2007-10-26 Thread Doug McGarrett
On Friday 26 October 2007 07:14, Aaron Kulkis wrote: > Jake Conk wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have openSUSE setup right now on my machine that has 2 mirrored > > 80gb disks. I just got another disk 80gb disk but I would like to > > install windows on it. My question is, is it possible to install >

Re: [opensuse] Installing windows last

2007-10-26 Thread Billie Walsh
Aaron Kulkis wrote: Jake Conk wrote: Hello, I have openSUSE setup right now on my machine that has 2 mirrored 80gb disks. I just got another disk 80gb disk but I would like to install windows on it. My question is, is it possible to install windows on that new disk without it taking off my gru

Re: [opensuse] Installing windows last

2007-10-26 Thread Aaron Kulkis
Jake Conk wrote: Hello, I have openSUSE setup right now on my machine that has 2 mirrored 80gb disks. I just got another disk 80gb disk but I would like to install windows on it. My question is, is it possible to install windows on that new disk without it taking off my grub? I know most multib

Re: [opensuse] Installing windows last

2007-10-26 Thread Felix Miata
On 2007/10/26 03:14 (GMT-0700) Jake Conk apparently typed: > I have openSUSE setup right now on my machine that has 2 mirrored > 80gb disks. I just got another disk 80gb disk but I would like to > install windows on it. My question is, is it possible to install > windows on that new disk without

Re: [opensuse] Installing windows last

2007-10-26 Thread Jose
Adding to this message, even if you have the original Suse CD, as long as it's 10.1 or so, there is an option after the initial boot up from CD that allows you to check your system, there in an option in there to check grub and the system repairs it, only gotcha is that recreates the menu.lst a

Re: [opensuse] Installing windows last

2007-10-26 Thread Michael Skiba
Am Freitag, 26. Oktober 2007 12:14:41 schrieb Jake Conk: > Hello, > > I have openSUSE setup right now on my machine that has 2 mirrored > 80gb disks. I just got another disk 80gb disk but I would like to > install windows on it. My question is, is it possible to install > windows on that new disk

Re: [opensuse] Installing windows last

2007-10-26 Thread James Knott
Jake Conk wrote: > Hello, > > I have openSUSE setup right now on my machine that has 2 mirrored > 80gb disks. I just got another disk 80gb disk but I would like to > install windows on it. My question is, is it possible to install > windows on that new disk without it taking off my grub? I know mo

[opensuse] Installing windows last

2007-10-26 Thread Jake Conk
Hello, I have openSUSE setup right now on my machine that has 2 mirrored 80gb disks. I just got another disk 80gb disk but I would like to install windows on it. My question is, is it possible to install windows on that new disk without it taking off my grub? I know most multiboot setups that inc