dkissell wrote:

> let me say first that i am fairly new to linux so this may be a silly
> question.
> I currently have SuSE 9.1 and Win XP co-existing in my desktop. My
> problem is I want to replace SuSE with Slackware due to some
> flexability issues and I am concerned that I may have issues with Grub
> in the process. Anyone know what I am in for? Also I am trying to
> figure out if i need to uninstall SuSE from my dedicated partition or
> will the Slackware install delete everything on that partition
> anyways(including the replacement of Grub/LILO). Thank you in advance
> to any insight anyone may have.

Here's my recommendation. Boot the XP CD and do recover, work your way
to the C:\ prompt. You can restore the MBR from there. Type help if you
need to. If you're still not sure, google xp recover mbr and you'll see
some examples.

Then look over this.
http://www.slackware.com/book/index....rce=x1776.html
Pay attention to the Windows NT section. This is where you use the NT/XP
boot loader to load Slackware.

Install Slackware, and install Slack's boot loader on the /boot
partition, NOT the MBR. Setup the XP's C:\boot.ini as mentioned. LILO
may have problem storing the boot record on a cylinder > 1024, can't
remember as I've used grubs for many years and you can get it for
Slackware.




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Robert - slackware