-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 david rankin wrote: | Mates, | | I have an XP and 8.2 dual boot that I would like to remove 8.2 and | install 9.2 in its place. It seems like the easiest way to do this is to | just boot from the 9.2 DVD and tell it to wipe out the 8.2 install and | put 9.2 in its place. I do not want to destroy the XP install. Is there | anything special I need to do? Anybody run into any problems doing this? David, It will ask at the beginning if you want to update an existing Linux installation or overwrite it and perform a new installation. I would not expect to experience a smooth 8.2 to 9.2 update. There were significant changes from 8.2 to 9.0 and, again, from 9.0 to 9.1. I agree that a "fresh" installation, from scratch, is probably the best way to go. BTW, when you select "new" installation, it will evaluate your existing Linux partitions and recommend a partitioning scheme. If you don't like it, you can edit it several times before anything is ever committed to disk. I don't use XP, but my understanding is that the default will be to mount the NTFS partition(s) read-only, anyway. HTH & regards, - - Carl - -- _____________________________________________________ C. E. Hartung Business Development & Support Services http://www.cehartung.com/ carlh@cehartung.com Dover Foxcroft, Maine, USA 04426 PGP: 0x68396713 Reg. Linux User #350527 http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFB++UYusxgymg5ZxMRAsZMAJ0VUWC01+E4c1piiZ7fLYq9AcEAmgCaA34V htrfnqGNBcrIZZVoB39b/gM= =FTG/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.2 - Release Date: 1/28/05