What to remember?

My Windows XP Pro crashed du to a academically very interesting problem
that is a bomb under any windows system. No, it's not crashing the
registry, to difficult. Off topic here.

I need windows for one app and a few games, so I'll just reinstall and
apply the 2-4 GB fixes. I know from, earlier that you install windows
first, and the Linux because Windows smashes the MBR. Now I'm forced to
do it the other way round. What do I need to copy out from Linux before
I install Windows again.? Suse is opensuse 11.0 (585) netinstall, , so I
don't have any CD's. Kernel (?) OS Linux 2.6.25.20-0.4-pae i686


rgds and thanks in advance
Mads

Mads Skjern <rorpinden DeleteThis @yahoo.dk> wrote:

> I need windows for one app and a few games, so I'll just reinstall
> and apply the 2-4 GB fixes. I know from, earlier that you install
> windows first, and the Linux because Windows smashes the MBR. Now
> I'm forced to do it the other way round. What do I need to copy out
> from Linux before I install Windows again.? Suse is opensuse 11.0
> (585) netinstall, , so I don't have any CD's. Kernel (?) OS Linux
> 2.6.25.20-0.4-pae i686

I would use a bootable openSuse CD/DVD. This is also a good choice for
some problem cases (repair a file system ...)

You can save your bootloader configuration to use it later again. (Not
too complicated, just write it on a slip of paper.) Than you install
Windows. After this you can restore the bootloader using a boot from
the openSuse CD again. There's a well working option on it to repair
an installed system including the bootloader but than it generates a
brand new configuration and you can't influence this. You have to boot
with this one time and can fix it finally using Yast.

T.M.