On Sun, 07 Mar 1999, you wrote:
> >%_Hi:
>
> Right now I'm running win95. Within the next week or so I plan to upgrade to win98.
> I have also ordered a disk with mandrake-5.3. What I would like to do is to set
>these up so I can dual boot into win98 or linux.
>
> My question is where can I go or how can I get all the information that I will need
>to do this? What information do I need to have before I start the installation of
>linux? Does Linux support fat-32? I will end up with two separate hard disk one 3.2
>gig and one 3.2 or 6.4 gig. Would it be better to put win98 on one and Lunix on
>another? After I get win98 up and running good, will it be possible not to mess it
>up when I install Linux--So I can ask questions online if I need too?
>
> One thing that bothers me is that most folks seem to have big problems getting Linux
>installed. I have been reading some news-groups and there are numerous horror
>stories. But from what I have heard it is very hard to install Lunix. I thought
>that it would be best to prepare as best as I can.
>
> Thanks
> David:
>
First Mandrake instalation is easy.....
To install and to dual boot Win98 and linux here are the steps.
Partition Drive into 2 parts, one Fat32 the other blank. If you already have
Windows installed use scandisk and defrag before you do this step otherwise you
risk loosing data (Trust me, I know)
If you are installing off cd, and you computer supports cd-rom booting (this
will be a setting in the bios) Thinks will go from there, since this sounds
like your first time, go easy and usually the defaults are the best.
Thats about it, have fun and good luck.
Andre
