Re: Really dumb install question...

bsrrys_at_pobosq.com
Date: 08/09/04 

Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 00:09:33 GMT

|Question: to set-up SuSE 9.1., does the computer have to boot from the
|install cd?...or can you install SuSE while running XP, then re-boot
|from the hard drive and choose SuSE???

You have to boot from the CD. There's also a floppy + network option but
fewer and fewer computers have floppies these days. 

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