Am 12. Jan, 2009 schwätzte Mike Bushroe so:

moin moin Mike,

> I have not yet attempted booting the old SuSe system and uploading the
> boot log file to see if anyone can spot the problems yet, but I have
> been downloading LiveCD versions of several distros and I have a new
> question.
>
> I have tried the Unbuntu LiveCD (desktop) and accept for the fact that
> the LiveCD version occasionally freezes, just like KNoppix does, it
> doesn't look to bad. Different from the KDE that I have been used to,
> but perhaps not a bad change. Now the question. To LOAD the Unbuntu
> onto my system, do I have remove ALL the SuSe files, a few select
> files?, create a whole new blank partition for Unbuntu?, or can the
> two distros coexist in the same file system and just be picked by Grub
> at boot time?

You want a new partition. They can share the same home partition and the
same swap partition, but each OS need to have it's own setup for OS files.

Ubuntu can install into a file on a partition. If you need that look at
lubi and wubi.

If you want to wipe out SuSE you can just install over the same partition.
Make sure to have backups of any data you want as the install will wipe
out everything on the partitions you allocate for the new install.

ciao,

der.hans
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