Guest laughter Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Hey i'm relatively new to linux, and i was wondering if i could install another linux distro into the partition i made with the initial install of mandriva. could that happen? or even re install mandriva over the old install, would it just write over the old one? thanks laughter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 Welcome! B) If you install Mandriva over a older version, you will be given the option to make new partitions, thus deleting all that is in the older partitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 It will overwrite if you select the partitions, set the filesystem and ensure it's set to format the partition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest laughter Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 so i won't have to worry about losing my mbr? it's on my mandriva partiotion. will that be pick up with the new install? thanks laughter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 It will overwrite the MBR if you do a clean installation - which will allow you to boot the new distro you installed as well as Windows if it's installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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