The install process formats the partition for Linux. You just need to create the partition or empty space for one beforehand - it can be a Win95 partition or whatever. The install program will ask which partition(s) you want to format for Linux, or even allow you to destructively repartition. Remember that you want a swap partition too.
The only thing the install program won't do is nondestructively repartition, i.e. you can't change any partitions without erasing their data. For that you need Partition Magic or FIPS. Havoc Pennington On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Steve wrote: > Hello, I'm new -- & just recieved my dist. of debian and currently have win95. > I have a program called partition magic -- but it doesn't allow me to create > linux partitions > -- why I do not know .... Anyhow Im looking for a way to take an existing > partition and > format it as linux -- without wiping my hard drive clean --- any suggestions? > > > -- > Steve : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Http://www.engr.csulb.edu/~stephenc > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ICQ: 2669033 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >>>>>>>>> Veni Vidi Vici ...Aut Vincere Aut Mori <<<<<<<< > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .