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Re: How do I install Redhat5 on existing win98?

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From: shash
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 00:00
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I used partition magic to do so and since i was careless i erased all
my stuff.  since then i have smartened up and have reinstalled linux
about ten times and have not lost a thing.  So if you decide to use
partition magic then know what you are doing before you start.





On Thu, 13 Aug 1998 07:23:43 GMT, staplei@planet.ari.dpi.qld.gov.au
(Ian Staples) wrote:

>"Andrew C." <andrewcny@hotmail.com> writes:
>
>>Michael wrote:
>>> 
>>> I was faced with a similar challenge, and here is what I found:
>>> 
>>> 2. Although Partition Magic is supposed to be able to reparition even FAT32
>>> without losing any of your data ... I still lost all my data. [...] 
>
>What version of Partition Magic were you using?  I suspect it's only
>fairly recent versions that handle FAT32 -- then again, I guess you
>could expect it not to do anything if it couldn't recognise the format!
>
>I used version 3.04 to partition a FAT32 drive into C: and D: without
>any problems at all.  (That was under Win95, not 98 though.)
>
>Cheers,  Ian S.
>
>
>-- 
>
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From: SHASH@BLAH.COM (shash)
Subject: Re: How do I install Redhat5 on existing win98?
Date: 1998/08/16
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