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Old 11-25-2003, 09:31 PM   #13 (permalink)
Jack Ruby
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Alright, thanks for the help everyone. Everything was more or less as expected, except this :

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Originally posted by yakimushi
Another thing to consider is that Linux needs at least two partitions, optimally three. Yep, three separate partitions: boot, swap, and home. On top of that, Linux can overwrite your MBR which will render your hard drive unusable to Windows.
Hadn't heard about this yet. Do I really need two or three partitions to use Mandrake 9.2 ? And what about this overwriting MBR jibba-jabba ?
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