well you could use the GAG boot manager, http://gag.sourceforge.net/, which should help you somewhat. Also you can use the DOS based ghost program to backup your linux ext2 partitions if you want to.
you can setup linux all in one partition to experiment with. as in, hdb (the second hard disk).
If you want to mess with partitioning on the first hard disk then you could set it out as follows...
hda gag boot sector
hda1 linux boot hda2 win98 (c: drive)
hda5 linux everything else. ( to keep it simple while learning...) (extended partition)
hda6 linux swap
there are many ways to set this up. just let the slug list know where you are at and someone will come up with a solution.
Ben
andrew wrote:
Dear Enthusiasts,
I wish to install a fairly recent version of Mandrake Linux on my machine at home. I want to keep win98 on an existing hard disk (it has some uses) and install Linux on a second IDE hard drive i.e. no messing with partitioning.
Any advice on going about this based on personal experience will be greatly appreciated. Apologies if this has been discussed many times previously.
Andrew (Linux Installation Newbie)
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