Switching to another Distro...

[_Phr34K_]

I'm sorta a noob, but I wanna know if I need to do anything special if I wanna install Redhat9 over my existing Mandrake9.1 which currently co-exists with a Windows installation on the same drive.

Basically, what will happen to the boot loader? (Goal = be able to dual boot Win and RedHat9 without having to format the drive)

[Satanic Atheist]

To me, "Format the drive" would mean flattening the whole drive and starting from scratch.

Work out which partition Mandy is on and flatten that. As it's a PARTITION, it won't affect other drives. Install RedHat and opt to install a bootloader and you'll be fine.

Just to clarify, and in Linux terms:

/dev/hda = WHOLE DRIVE
/dev/hda1 = PRIMARY PARTITION ON DRIVE
/dev/hda2 = SECONDARY PARTITION ON DRIVE

And so on.

Each partition is totally unique and independant of any other partition on the same drive. Think of them as little 'mini-drives' on the same drive.

James

[serz]

Originally posted by _Phr34K_
Basically, what will happen to the boot loader? (Goal = be able to dual boot Win and RedHat9 without having to format the drive)
Be sure in Mandrake install you select to install the bootloader in the MBR and you won't have any problems with it.

[_Phr34K_]

k, thanx!