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Yes.
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np
GilesGuthrie
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Any of the proper Linux texts will tell you about this. I think it's worth spending $50 or so on a decent book on Linux, because this will help you at the disillusioning stage, i.e. getting started.
Fundamentally though, what you need to do is partition the hard disk into a FAT32 partition for Win98, and then unpartitioned space, using FDisk. Then install 98SE as normal.
Next install Linux, allowing it to partition the remaining space on the drive. Now this is the important part: you must not overwrite the Master Boot Record (MBR) with the Linux installer, because this will break Win98SE, and you'll have to start the whole shebang again.
Fundamentally though, what you need to do is partition the hard disk into a FAT32 partition for Win98, and then unpartitioned space, using FDisk. Then install 98SE as normal.
Next install Linux, allowing it to partition the remaining space on the drive. Now this is the important part: you must not overwrite the Master Boot Record (MBR) with the Linux installer, because this will break Win98SE, and you'll have to start the whole shebang again.
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I have Win2k and linux on my machine currently. As giles said you will have to delete the current partitions on your hard drive, depending on how it's configured.
Say you have a 20gb drive, I will use 10 gb (give or take) for windows98 and 10gb for linux. So first you will need to use fdisk to create a 10gb fat32 partition and leave the rest of the space for linux. Format it and install Windows98. Then install Linux and tell it to keep all the existing partitions and as Giles said make sure you don't use a bootloader, although this means you really need to create a Linux boot floppy to run linux.
This guy's site has a good tutorial on how to install multiple os's.
www.blkviper.com (Credit goes to Klawzzz)
http://www.blkviper.com/Articles/OS/Multiboot/multiboot1.htm
http://www.blkviper.com/Articles/OS/fdisk/fdisk1.htm
http://www.blkviper.com/Articles/OS/InstallRH80/installrh8-1.htm
http://www.linuxquestions.org/
Is a good site for learing linux with plenty of guides.
Say you have a 20gb drive, I will use 10 gb (give or take) for windows98 and 10gb for linux. So first you will need to use fdisk to create a 10gb fat32 partition and leave the rest of the space for linux. Format it and install Windows98. Then install Linux and tell it to keep all the existing partitions and as Giles said make sure you don't use a bootloader, although this means you really need to create a Linux boot floppy to run linux.
This guy's site has a good tutorial on how to install multiple os's.
www.blkviper.com (Credit goes to Klawzzz)
http://www.blkviper.com/Articles/OS/Multiboot/multiboot1.htm
http://www.blkviper.com/Articles/OS/fdisk/fdisk1.htm
http://www.blkviper.com/Articles/OS/InstallRH80/installrh8-1.htm
http://www.linuxquestions.org/
Is a good site for learing linux with plenty of guides.
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You do not have to reinstall Windows, MF. What you need is a program like Partition Magic if the distro of Linux you want to install doesn't include a partitioning program that can resize(not just delete and create sizes, but resize a current partition). If I were you, I'd make sure that there are two computers able to be connected to the internet(the one you're installing Linux on, and another one). This would make it the easiest to solve any install problems. If you have any problems, feel free to ask and I can try to help you out. You could also ask people at http://www.linuxquestions.org/ and they will be more than happy to aid you.
Oh, and you CAN install a boot loader, like LILO or GRUB, and have it overwrite your Master Boot Record. The only thing is that to boot back into Windows for me when I had GRUB was that I had to configure the settings for GRUB, otherwise it would just loop back to GRUB and it would only work with booting Linux. But after configuring it, it worked like a charm, I had an timer where if I didn't choose which to boot in 3 seconds or 5 seconds it would automatically boot into RH7.3. But I got rid of RH, used WinME after upgrading Win98, then I took off WinME and am using Slack, although it is having troubles with my 5yo soundcard, I should fix that sometime.....
Oh, and you CAN install a boot loader, like LILO or GRUB, and have it overwrite your Master Boot Record. The only thing is that to boot back into Windows for me when I had GRUB was that I had to configure the settings for GRUB, otherwise it would just loop back to GRUB and it would only work with booting Linux. But after configuring it, it worked like a charm, I had an timer where if I didn't choose which to boot in 3 seconds or 5 seconds it would automatically boot into RH7.3. But I got rid of RH, used WinME after upgrading Win98, then I took off WinME and am using Slack, although it is having troubles with my 5yo soundcard, I should fix that sometime.....
