Mandrake killed Windows

[Prof. Jerry Place]

   I've successfully run a dual boot Win98/RH 6.2 for about a year.  
I started with Win98 installed and acquired Partition Magic and built
the Linux partition from within Win98.  After partitioning, some
friends helped me successfully install RH 6.2.  The RH installation
went without a hitch after some initial hitches due to disk problems.

   I use LILO for the boot selection and easily switch from one system
to the other.  If you're interested in the partitions, etc. send me a
note. 

					-- Jerry Place
					-- CSTP

On 5 Sep 2000 SFIKE at twa.com wrote:

>  I tried to install Mandrake 7.1 in a dual-boot configuration with Windows
> 98. Unfortunetly, Mandrake over-wrote Windows and took over the hard drive
> for itself. Not good.
> 
>  Mandrakes partitioning tool, in the installation process, is confusing at best
> and very inadequate at worst. Especially for a novice user without
> documentation to go by as in my case. I didn't have a clue to what was to be
> done when I got to this step in the installation process, and Mandrake's
> partitioning tool was no help. I ended up doing what I thought was correct and
> somehow ended up letting Mandrake take over the entire hard drive for itself.
> 
>  At least Corel Linux won't do this without giving you fair warning. Corel
> Linux is the only distro that I've been able to successully install with
> Windows in a dual-boot configuration, so Corel gets a pat on the back and an
> "at-a-boy" from me for that!
> 
>  I was wondering if someone could help guide me throught this difficult and
> confusing step in installing Mandrake in a dual-boot config on my hard drive?
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott
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