Mandriva on an XP box?

[electronblue019]

Hey there,
For a long while I had FC3 installed on my machine as an alternative to windows, but it being the middle of the school year I decided to switch back due to compatibility issues with things like the printer that were essential for a high school student.

Its the summer now, and before school starts back up I decided I wanted to install both Windows and Mandrake 10.1 on my box so that when I wasn't doing things that required my OS to cuddle with Windows oriented formats, I could use an operating system that wouldn't lock up and crash on the hour.

I just burned Mandriva 10.1 onto a disc (CD format-3 CDs), and I was wondering if I should be partitioning my drive right now. I remember with Fedora Core 3, my options were to create a new root partition to install to or reformat my Windows partition for a clean install, giving me few options to make any sort of dual boot.

Thanks in advance =P

[oz]

Mandriva/drake will give partition and boot options, too.

[electronblue019]

Hm...that was a little too automatic for me...I expected a little less 'click OK and we'll do it all for you' from any linux distro...
Anyway...I'm having a sound issue now. My sound worked for the first half hour or so running mandrake, but then it just stopped. Anyone have an idea?

[S. M. Ibrahim]

What happen after restart?

[chopin1810]

Hm...that was a little too automatic for me...I expected a little less 'click OK and we'll do it all for you' from any linux distro...

Well you can certainly expect it from Mandriva.