On Apr 5, 2005 8:46 AM, Eric Shubes <plug@shubes.net> wrote:
> mike enriquez wrote:
> > I need some ideas. I have a dual boot with Fedora3 and Winxp Pro.
> > I want to drop Winxp and install Mandrake 10.1.
> > Does anyone have any ideas on how to achieve this. Should I wipe
> > everything clean and start over or should I install Mandrake over Winxp?
> > If I clean my computers which distro should get installed first. Or does
> > it make difference?
> > Thanks.
> > Mike the newbie
> >
> I don't remember much about Mandrake's installer, in particular whether
> Mandrake uses GRUB or LILO as the boot loader (I'm presuming GRUB). That
> being said, it should be possible to just install Mandrake in the same
> partition where WinXP currently resides, and tell it to use the GRUB
> boot loader that's already there (from the Fedora install).
> 
> If you wipe everything out, it shouldn't matter which distro you install
> first (as long as one of them isn't a Windoze variant).
> 
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
> "There is no such thing as the People;
>   it is a collectivist myth.
>   There are only individual citizens
>   with individual wills
>   and individual purposes."
> -William E. Simon (1927-2000),
>      Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977)
>   "A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237
>

Mandrake actually uses LILO by default but includes GRUB as a choice
during install (install bootloader portion near the end). Once you
have selected GRUB, it should use the one already there.

-- 
Donn
"Sarcasm is the safe alternative to expressing anger."
--Richard North Patterson
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