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Re: RH7.3 installer - question

To: Tomasz Baranowski <tomasz.baranowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: RH7.3 installer - question
From: Michael Best <mbest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 09:36:27 -0600
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The absolute easiest way without modifying installers that I can think of is to use two systems/partitions/drives etc. (You can come up with another method if you like)

System 1)
*) Install Redhat 7.3 as you wish with ext2/ext3
*) Install the 2.4.18-XFS or CVS Kernel and utilities

System/ 2)
*) Install Mandrake 8.2 on a 200 meg partition at the end of the drive
*) Make your XFS filesystem(s) on the rest of the drive as you want them
*) Copy the Contents of your Redhat 7.3 install to the XFS partitions
   (rsync, etc)
*) Install/modify the appropriate boot managers

You can either leave the minimal Mandrake system or repartition and grow your XFS filesystem.

-Mike

On one system partition about 200 megs near the end of the drive to do a Mandrake 8.2 minimal install.
Tomasz Baranowski wrote:
Of course you are right in your opinion on Mandrake.
But for some reasons I cant switch my distribution.
I'm using RH since 1997, I was evaluating misc others,
Mandrake is cool but I must use RH.

Regards,
Blizbor


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