I was gutless! I install xp then installed Mandrake. I guess I would
like to try what you suggested maybe next time. I would like to get my
experience up to where I feel comfortable poking around with the boot
loader but I am not there yet.
Thanks
Mike the newbie 


On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 20:00, mike hoy wrote:
> i would be tempted to install mandrake over xp. and then, if possible, 
> use the existing bootloader to point to the mandrake partition (was xp). 
> and of course choose to not install a bootloader during the mandrake 
> install.
> 
> anyway,
> 
> what did you do?
> 
> 
> 
> >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
> >
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