[thelist] Salvaging Linux Hard Drive(was: partitioning question)

[Quackamoe]

Relatively new to the list, didn't know Linux was
ON topic. 

I had a Linux box running for a while:

  133mhz AMD '486' CPU/red hat 5.2

It was Linux only. It started giving me problems
after a while: boot it one time and it would show
32MB RAM, boot it the next time it showed 16MB,
boot it next time and there's no mouse. The box was
kinda old and a bit of a hodgepodge, so I figured I
was getting RAM problems or main board or CPU 
problems. So I retired the whole box and have been
living without Linux for a while. :-(

The Linux box had a 6GB HDD in it, and since it has 
Linux on it, and I keep wondering what would happen 
if I just pop it into my PC. Would I be able to boot 
into Linux? Would it simplify upgrading to Linux 6.x 
if I did this? Or should I put the HDD into my PC and
clean it up and install Linux 6 from scratch?

I want to use that 6GB HDD since it's probably fine,
and I want to dual-boot my PC* to Linux. I just don't
want to loose a whole weekend to reconfiguring my
whole PC because I did exactly the wrong thing - which
I'm known for, BTW. Hope this is at least a little
bit clear.

TIA,

Terry Fowler

* AMD K6-2/500mhz


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