hi there,
i suggest that you format your hard drive to start with. having
finished that i would then load windoze (for simplicity) giving it the
full 9Gb. once you have 'doze loaded, use 'fips' to shrink the partition
to 2 - 4 gb or whatever size you decide on.
at this point you can reload linux, setting up the partitions as you do
so. for mandrake you need at least a swap partition as well as your root
partition but this only a short term requirement. longterm you will need
to give some thought to creating (perhaps) /usr and /home partitions.
can you get your hands on a copy of partition magic? if you can it will
make life much easier for you since you can use it to create both 'doze
and linux partitions. whatevere you do, don't panic. you can always wipe
your hard-drive and start again. you'll soon get the hang of it.
give it a go and if you have any probs. mail me.
cheers .............. michael
