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The drive has been partitioned using dos. C: has dos 6.2 installed before
win98 was installed. Can I just load linux on D: without any hassles?


Julian Bailey wrote in message <3857e7dc@news.jakinternet.co.uk>...
>Best solution to this problem is to get hold of Partition Magic, it will
>repartition your hard drive without you having to destroy stuff that is
>already there.  Then using Boot Magic you can dual boot the system
>henry <mrbafner@ozlinx.com.au> wrote in message
>news:4Cs44.128$eF6.5755@nsw.nnrp.telstra.net...
>> Is it possible to settup linux under a windows environment on the same
>> machine without formatting.
>>
>> I have an extra 2.5 gigabytes on D drive. I do not know the fundamentals
>of
>> linux at this stage, but I do wish to learn linux. I nearly underastand
>the
>> full implications of the windows environment, but who really can
>understand
>> windows fully. I wish to learn linux.
>>
>> Without undoing all the hard work I have put into this terminal, is there
>a
>> way of setting linux up without stuffing around with C: drive?
>>
>> I mainly use the windows environment for video manipulation, graphic
>> animations and similar stuff. I have been using wingate for a good period
>of
>> time now, and have found some limitations on the client machine. I have
>read
>> some of the linux networking capabilities and I think that would be a
>better
>> environment to be under.
>>
>> I know I will be getting a few awful remarks about living under a windows
>> environment, as this is the response I have always had from linux users.
I
>> have played with linux and had it pretty well understandable, but 2
things
>> restricted me from running fully under linux. The first was the network
>card
>> would not settup, and 2nd I could not a browser to work. But these are
>only
>> limitations of the learning process, I understand.
>>
>> So I would really appreciate a civilised answer, so that I could have a
>> easier way of setting up linux on a separate drive on this computer so I
>can
>> still do the things that I need to do, and at the same time learn more
>about
>> linux.
>>
>> Much appreciated
>>
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