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> 1/
> Can I install mandriva 2006 on HDB?
> What about LILO? Will I have 3 boot option at startup? Do I
> have to configure something special?
Yes, sure! Is there data on this hdb partition? Or is it free to use,
especially to format it for a linux filesystem.
 
> 2/
> Is mandriva 2006 any good for this configuration? It's only
> a PIII ....
> Will it slow things down to much?
No, I don't think so. There is no difference to mdk10.1. They are saying,
that the bootup time is faster then for 10.1 or 2005le. Try it.

> What's your experience with M2006 so far?
I'm using it for a few weeks and I'm satisfied. 

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:29:28 GMT, oeps!? wrote:
> I'm using Mandrake for almost a year now (10.1 version); 
> everything's working well (java, netbanking, acrobat reader, 
>    mozilla plugins etc).

If you kept an admin log, you will have no problems installing the
above. If not, start one.   :)


> Is it possible to create a "triple boot system":

Tripple, tripple, heck, multi-boot.   :)

Look at my selection

$ grep label /etc/lilo.conf
        label="2006oe"
        label="2006rc2"
        label="2005"
        label="md10_1oe"
        label="Rh80"
        append="root=LABEL=/rh80"
        label="FC4"
        append="root=LABEL=/"
        label="linux-nonfb"
        label="failsafe"
        label="memtest-1.60"
        label="XP_Home"


> 1 partition mandrake 10.1 + swap

Do a custom install, and during the partition phase,
label the other OSs and you can share swap.

> Can I install mandriva 2006 on HDB?

I have a few different installs there. Of course you will need to free
up some space and create a partition there for /.

> What about LILO? 

Only if you add them during boot. What I do is:
Insert diskette and do a
lilo -b /dev/fd0
Test that it boots the current install. Then do the new install in the
free/unformated partition.

> Will I have 3 boot option at startup? 

Only if you add them by hand. I add the old installs after booting the
new install.

> Do I have to configure something special?

I install/boot the new install. Copy the /oldinstall/etc/lilo.conf stanza into
the new /etc/lilo.conf, change the label, boot, initrd lines with
the mount point set during partition phase. Then install with
lilo -v

> Will it slow things down to much?

Not if you go into KDE control center and disable some KDE services.

> What's your experience with M2006 so far?

No problems so far.

Example snippet from my /etc/lilo.conf

image=/boot/vmlinuz
        label="2006oe"
        root=/dev/hdb13
        initrd=/boot/initrd.img
        append="resume=/dev/hdb1 splash=0"
        vga=788
image=/2006rc2/boot/vmlinuz
        label="2006rc2"
        root=/dev/hdb12
        initrd=/2006rc2/boot/initrd.img
        append="resume=/dev/hdb1 splash=0"
        vga=788
image=/2005/boot/vmlinuz
        label="2005"
        root=/dev/hdb6
        initrd=/2005/boot/initrd.img
        append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb1 splash=0"
        vga=788
        read-only
image=/md10_1oe/boot/vmlinuz
        label="md10_1oe"
        root=/dev/hdb11
        initrd=/md10_1oe/boot/initrd.img
        append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb1 splash=0"
        vga=788
        read-only
image=/rh80/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14
        label="Rh80"
        initrd=/rh80/boot/initrd-2.4.18-14.img
        append="root=LABEL=/rh80"
        read-only