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Hi brad,

> Hi, I'm new to Linux - never used it before, but am planning on
> installing the new version of RedHat on a computer I will be buying
> before the end of the year. (Hopefully a PII 300 with 64Meg RAM). 

I would go for slackware, but this is a religious war that you don't
want to get into ! Redhat is easier to install and upgrade, however.

> I am
> planning to use Linux for image processing and c++ programming, and to
> get to know UNIX a bit better. However I want to also run Win95 on the
> machine for logging in to work and game playing. Can a hard drive be
> partitioned to do this, running Win95 on one side an Linux on the other?

Yes. This is the configuration that I have. Use the linux fdisk to set
up your dos and linux partitions. I have a 2.5G drive, and I went for
1G for DOS, 70M for Linux swap, 700 for linux root and the rest for
linux /home. You can alter your config as you like. You will have to 
format the DOS partition under DOS. Then you can install Win95, and then
linux. When prompted to make boot/recovery disks, SAY YES !

Most of this is in the linux installation instructions.

> Has anyone had any experience doing this? I'm planning to set up a
> simple start menu to switch between the two environments. Thanks in
> advance,

Sure, lilo will do this just fine. Use 'liloconfig' to set it up and
install it to your boot sector. This is done from linux. If you have
any other questions, email me.

Cheers,

Brian.

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