Hey Aric,
Relax, don't drink the beers and ponder this. I would use Partition Magic to
remove all traces of Linux first. Then I would create a 2MB partition and
format it as ext2. Then, and again, using Partition Magic I would create a
15mg partition at the top of C: drive (above Windows) and install Lilo. Then
reinstall Red Hat or Mandrake 7.0. Once your Linux is operational you can go
in and change Lilo to boot to either system - it doesn't care. If you don't,
it will automatically boot into Linux. You can also change the boot time to
more minutes and give yourself enough time to select your operating system.
If you want to boot into Linux via diskette put LILO after the 1024 limit.
It isn't necessarily recommended but I did it for a long time without any
apparent negative effects. In either case, Windslop will NOT recognize or
bother ext2 Linux. I understand the lastest distro from Mandrake includes a
new journaling system called reiserfs. I don't know enough about it to make
a statement except I believe at installation you have the option of choosing
reiserfs or ext2. I've only used ext2 and I know this to work with Winslop
without problems.
I've done this a couple of times. Winslop totally ignores Linux, yet I can
still access and change its files in the Linux invironmnet without any
problems as long as I don't try to save them in a format unknown to Linux.
As a very bad example, I can *save* as htm or .jpg or ascii format but not
as Visual Basic or Office document.
This is just my $.02 worth. I'm just a newbie hangin' out and listening.
Pj
