Fw: [SLE] XP and 8.2 Dual Boot, want to install 9.2, any gotcdhas? [DONE]

From: david rankin (drankin_at_cox-internet.com)
Date: 01/31/05

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    Sorry for the direct reply. This is re-sent to the list..... 

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From: "david rankin" <drankin@cox-internet.com>
To: "Chris" <meliore@iinet.net.au>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [SLE] XP and 8.2 Dual Boot, want to install 9.2, any gotcdhas? 
[DONE]
> >
>>
>> Just a thought,
>>        Have you configured the monitor? I had similar probs and found 
>> that
>> my monitor was identified incorrectly. I fixed that and my problems went
>> away.
>> Chris
>
> Well,
>
>    I have the Samsung 1100df. Suse only has the 1100plus. The only 
> difference is the horizontal frequency 30 - 121 on the df, 28 - 115 on the 
> plus. I have changed that, but I still have problems. SaX2 seems to freeze 
> when adjusting position and frequency. It works for one or two 
> adjustments, but then quits responding. I'm now looking at the kernel 
> parameters that grub passes. Some posts suggest that the default grub 
> menu.lst could be the problem.
>
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> David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
> RANKIN LAW FIRM, PLLC
> 510 Ochiltree Street
> Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
> (936) 715-9333
> (936) 715-9339 fax
> www.rankin-bertin.com
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris" <meliore@iinet.net.au>
> To: <suse-linux-e@suse.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 1:35 AM
> Subject: RE: [SLE] XP and 8.2 Dual Boot, want to install 9.2, any 
> gotcdhas? [DONE]
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Rankin [mailto:drankin@cox-internet.com]
>> Sent: Monday, 31 January 2005 6:20 AM
>> To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
>> Subject: Re: [SLE] XP and 8.2 Dual Boot, want to install 9.2, any
>> gotcdhas? [DONE]
>>
>>
>> As promised,
>>
>> I'm reporting back on the install of 9.2 that replaced 8.2 on my dual 
>> boot
>> XP/SuSE box. The install went flawlessly. I used the 'new installation'
>> option with custom package selection. All hardware on the MSI K7N2 Delta
>> ILSR
>> was recognized and configured properly. Even the liteon CDRW and Sony 
>> DVDRW
>> were configured.
>>
>> The only glitch is the display resolution. I want 1600x1200. But SaX2 
>> gives
>> me 1600x1206 and the desktop is beyond the screen (like virtually). If I
>> move
>> the mouse to the top of the screen, the screen scrolls to show me the 
>> rest
>> of
>> it. (I still haven't figured out where to turn that off) 1280x1024 works
>> fine.
>>
>> A shocker was the size of the fonts! Wow, I never knew 10 pt. San Serif
>> could
>> look so huge (like it was 1 inch tall). Setting all to 8 pt. has helped.
>>
>> That's pretty much all. Fantastically simple install. If anybody has any
>> suggestions on the 1600x1200 issue, I would welcome them.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Saturday 29 January 2005 14:04, david rankin wrote:
>>> > 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.
>>>
>>> I'll let you know how it goes, but the plan is to overwrite 8.2. There 
>>> is
>>> nothing there that I need. Thanks to all for your help.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
>>> RANKIN LAW FIRM, PLLC
>>> 510 Ochiltree Street
>>> Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
>>> (936) 715-9333
>>> (936) 715-9339 fax
>>> www.rankin-bertin.com
>>> --
>>
>> --
>> David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
>> Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
>> 510 Ochiltree Street
>> Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
>> www.rbpllc.om
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