Very quick reply (don't know much about everything else in your email) but, if you install Windows after Linux, your master boot record is overwritten, so you lose the Linux partition. I think this applies even if you have more than one hdd.
-----Original Message----- From: James Pifer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 4:33 PM To: redhat Subject: Upgrading from 7.3 to 8.0 I have a system with an Athlon 1.2Ghz, 1 Gig of Ram, 40 Gig IDE as the Master, and a 100 Gig IDE as the Slave. Right now I have RH7.3 installed and the 100 Gig drive mounted as disk2. I would like to do two things, install a small Windows partition (for games) and then install RH8.0. One of my concerns is that I'm running Evolution and connect to several mailing lists, including this one. I'm thinking of blowing away the 40 gig drive and then installing a small Windows 2000 partition. Then install Redhat 8.0 on the rest of the drive. My questions are these: 1) What's the best way to copy the file system from the 40 gig drive to the 100 gig drive? That way when I install 8.0 I can get to all my old files in case I need something? Would the simple cp command be the easiest thing here? 2) Assuming I don't screw up and blow away the data/partition on the 100 Gig Drive, will the Redhat 8 install see it and let me mount it again as disk2? 3) Any suggestions on getting my current Evolution mail migrated to the new installation assuming I have it all backed up? (via question 1) Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks, James -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ************************************************************************************* NNC Limited Booths Hall Chelford Road Knutsford Cheshire WA16 8QZ Country of Registration: United Kingdom Registered Number: 1120437 This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error please notify the NNC system manager by e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************************* -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
