Replacing Win2k with Mandrake 8.1

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lklektau : 16/11/01 03:21 PM : Incident created -   I currently have a fairly new computer running Windows 2000. I've used Partition Magic 6 to create 2 partitions (one logical one primary). Both are NTFS. The primary partition contains win2k and all my installed apps. The logical partition contains about 10 gigs worth of data (mp3's, jpgs, etc.). I want to install Mandrake 8.1 over top of Windows, effectively getting rid of it. But I'd like to keep all the data on the logical partition intact. I would back it up if it was feasible (and have backed up the most important stuff to a cd), but 10 gigs is a lot. Is this possible to do with the Mandrake installer? Or if I ask it to overwrite windows, will it want to wipe my entire harddrive? Assuming it is possible, will it treat the data partition as just another partition that I can name (/data or whatever I want), or will I have to mount it as an NTFS volume? Thanks for your help
Linegod_7611 : 16/11/01 05:04 PM : Reply received -   When given the option, select 'Expert' mode, and when you get to the partitioning portion, you will be able to select which partition you want to install Mandrake on. Simply clear the first partition, and create your linux partitions in there. You will be able to name the mount point to /data, but it will still be an NTFS partition. You didn't say how large your primary partition was. If it is large enough, I would do a very minimal install of Linux on the primary, and then once up, move the data over to the Linux partition, format the data partition as a Linux partition and then move the data back onto it. I would recommend ext3 or XFS file systems if you are installing Mandrake 8.1
lklektau : 17/11/01 01:15 AM : Incident closed -   Thanks!

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