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[RTF <robfleet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Kenneth and Randall.  One more question.  Will it overwrite the 
MBR?  I have Partition Magic installed along with Boot Magic and I'm 
wondering how an installation will affect the boot record...

Many thanks in advance.

Best Regards,
Rob

Randall R Schulz wrote:

> On Sunday 27 May 2007 08:23, RTF wrote:
>   
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have the OpenSuse 10.2 DVD from Linux Format magazine.  I was going
> > to install it in a dual-boot arrangement with XP.  However, based on
> > what I have read, during the installation, it asks you to choose your
> > desktop (KDE, GNOME, XFCE, or whatever).  While I don't have any
> > distribution installed at present, previous installations allowed you
> > to choose the desktop you wanted to use when you booted.
> >
> > Is there a way to install all available desktops/windows managers and
> > then choose the one you want to use when you boot?
> >     
>
> Yes. After installing the desktop environments you want, as Kenneth 
> indicated, you can make a choice of which to activate on each login. 
> The default, of course, is to repeat the one you used most recently.
>
>
>   
> > Many thanks in advance.
> >
> > Rob
> >     
>
>
> Randall Schulz
>   

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