Switching Linux Distros

waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org
Fri Sep 17 03:46:18 UTC 2004


On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 04:31:51PM -0400, StreetSmart wrote
> Hello, I currently have mandrake 10. But I want to switch to slackware 10. 
> 
> First Ill tell you about my computer. P3, 866, 512ram. Two harddrives
> (30gb, and 80gb) right now im running lilo, with mandrake and XP.
> 
> My question is. How can I install slackware? Can I do a clean install
> over mandrake?

  One hint...
  cat /proc/pci > pci.txt

  Save pci.txt to a floppy, and/or print it out.  This can make things a
*LOT* easier when trying to figure out which network card or sound or
video driver to select.

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