[RULE] Dual-boot with Mandrake Linux

[Michael Fratoni]

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On Monday 03 March 2003 03:23 pm, Martin Wolters wrote:
> Hi,
>
> due to a move I am somewhat challenged by my current computing setup (a
> Toshiba Satellite Pro 435CDS, 100MHz Pentium with 48MB RAM) and I am
> happy that I got a Mandrake 8.2 system up and running a few months ago.
> I just learned about RULE and I am wondering if I can setup a RULE
> system in parrallel to the Mandrake system (since I can not afford to
> loose the current running system until I know for sure the RULE system
> works (incl. email ...))
>
> Since I am not a Linux guru I am wondering if that is possible. Can
> Mandrake and Rule co-exist on the same partition? (I have a home and a
> root partition). 

No, the Rule install will require it's own partition, though /home could 
be shared between both. Probably swap could be shared as well.

> In case I need a separate RULE partition, can I create
> one without loosing my Mandrake system?

Probably. ;)
Resizing and partitioning an existing drive with useful data is more than 
I'd want to attempt via email, sorry. You could do a google search, I'm 
sure you'd find a link to a howto somewhere.

That said, the rule installers will install stock Red Hat packages, and 
should cause no problems for you. I have it running on a Toshiba 
Satellite Pro 420CDS with similar specs.

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