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Distribution: INSTALLED: Mandrake 9.1 , Knoppix 3.2 ,lindows LAYING AROUND MY HOUSE:slackware 9, red hat 9
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Need Help Installing 3 OS's on 1 pc
ok i am looking ot install mandrake 9.1red hat 9 and win xp..wut do i do firs?can sum 1 tell me wut to do first. when i reinstall windows it partitions it for me so wut do i gotta do.
give people some time. You don't need to bump of your thread every ten minutes. Can't you install xp and then when installing mandrake select, "use free space on windows partition"? I know in 2000 pro you can select what partition you want it to install on. Have you tried using red hat or mandrake's custom partitioning to parition everything the way you want it but not carry through with the install but write partition tables and then try to install XP
You have to put XP in first for it to ever boot correctly I made that mistake on my machine. I used partition magic to do everything you just pick install linux os and it does everything for you. I only installed one distro other than win but i'm assuming it doesn't matter. I'm pretty sure i've read all the kernels from distros can live in the same boot partition but I'd check around b4 you install the second distro. I've still gut more win than lin in my head.
Distribution: INSTALLED: Mandrake 9.1 , Knoppix 3.2 ,lindows LAYING AROUND MY HOUSE:slackware 9, red hat 9
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one question...u know how in mandrake u can use windows free space, can u do that in rad hat?
o n sry for my last two posts when i did the first 1 it didnt show up n when i did the seccond 1 bolth showed
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