[NTLUG:Discuss] Installing SuSe 6.4

[Randal Brown]

Thanks for the information!  I would love to have a complete Linux box but my wife
and daughter won't leave Windows.  I am assembling a 486 that will be my "true"
Linux box.

Randal

Steve Baker wrote:

> Randal Brown wrote:
> >
> > Currently I have a partition with Caldera Open Linux  2.3 running ( I am
> > also running Windows 98 on the same machine).  Got a great buy on a
> > boxed distribution of SuSe 6.4 and want to install.  Should I "delete"
> > the partition with Open Linux and load SuSe according to the
> > Installation manual?  If so how do I delete the partition?  Open to
> > suggestions.  I am anxious to check out SuSe.
>
> Life will certainly be easier if you can delete your old system partitions.
>
> You won't actually have to delete it - if you boot from the SuSE CD, it'll
> show you which partitions it detected as pre-existing Linux partitions and
> ask your permission to overwrite them.  I think you'll find the installation
> pretty painless done that way.
>
> I'm running 6.4 on my machines right now - the only thing I've really needed
> to upgrade was Xfree86 - which is still 3.3.6 under SuSE - 4.0.1 is the
> latest.
>
> Of course what you *should* do is load SuSE over the top of the Win98 partition!
>
>  :-)
>
> Have fun!
>
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