Hi It cannot be installed on the same partition as WIndows98. You need to free up some disk space (3 or 4 GB would be fine initially if you just want to play with Debian). You can use programs like Partition Magic to shrink your Windows98 partition if you currently have only a single partition using your whole hard drive. Once you have done this you can creat the two partitions needed for Debian (it uses a swap partition instead of a swap file like Windows) and the install Debian. The installation program will detect your current Windows Installation and Lilo the boot manager will creat a menu that lets you choose which O/S to boot into.
NB backup all your data before using a utility like Partition Magic or installing Debian as messing arround with your partitions can destroy all your data if something goes wrong !!! (Its rare though but better to be safe than sorry). Pat On Friday 20 September 2002 11:42 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry to bother you for a what may be a silly question? > > Although my UNIX skills are not basic at all, I do have a simple question > regarding the > installation of Debian. > > Can it be installed onto a Windows 98 PC, and how does Debian affect the > current O/S? I am a bit cautious to installing a new O/S (Debian) to find > out that I cannot use > Windows 98 anymore. Is it possible that I can run Windows 98 as normal, and > then start Debian once the initial O/S has loaded?? > > I am only using this for further UNIX development at home, rather at work, > but am > uneasy about installing it, if it means I lose my Windows O/S. > -- ----------------------------------- Pat Colbeck E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: I'm not telling ----------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
