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Apostata
02-14-2001, 11:33 PM
Howdy,

The Forum Search was not working, so I hope this hadn't been answered recently: I run a dual boot system with Mandrake 7.2 and Win98. Windows is getting buggy and unstable, and I feel it's time for a fresh re-install. However, will I also need to re-install Mandrake?
I understand that Windows does not like sharing space when you install it on a partitioned disk that has another OS on it (as I do).
Is there a work around, or am I looking at doing both of them?

Thanks in advance!

pbharris
02-15-2001, 12:39 AM
hello,
i assume that the partions are all done, do just back up lilo to a floppy and reinstall win98, windows installs will overwrite the mbr. how do you back up lilo to a floppy? glad you asked:
mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 kernel_version

Apostata
02-15-2001, 10:29 AM
Thanks for the answer to the first question, and the mind-reading technique you used on the second one I hadn't asked yet :)