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you may be abled to  use fdisk which should be on your windows starup disk
to create a non dos partion as which version of linux i would suggest either
redhat or mandrake i have tried both and prefer mandrake but red hat is
also good
"ln_not" <ln_not@nospam.ShellYeah.Org> wrote in message
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> J.S.H. <scott@ovis.net> wrote:
> > I want to try out the Linux OS, But I have found that there are a least
6
> > different versions on the shelf at Circuit City. Which one should I buy?
Is
> > this like a trial and error thing .......
> > As of now I'm running win98 on a P2, 450mhz.
> > When I figure this out I will be installing Linux on the same hard drive
as
> > win98. Which brings up another situation. I do not have a program to
break
> > this up into partitions. So does Linux do this for me???
>
> > Thanks, Scott
> > Wheeling, West Virginia..
>
> Hi,
>
> AFAIK Linux doesn't partition the HD, you have to do it before installing
> the OS. I myself partitioned the disk with Partition Magic (there may be
> issues if you have a HD > 8GB, but Partition Magic version 4, I think,
> ought ot take care of that, too). Partition Magic is _not_ freeware, you
> have to buy it, but I've noticed recently (here in UK) that Caldera
> released their version of Linux together with Partition Magic; so perhaps
> Caldera could be a possible choice for you.
>
> Cheers,
>
> ln
>
> BTW, I'm not affiliated with either Partition Magic or with Caldera
> (besides, I'm using Red Hat).