Hello, I want to install linux on my PC at home. Now, I run Win98 2nd Ed. on a FAT32 filesystem. I only have one big partion (i.e. the C drive). I want to create more partitions in a "safe" manner and I am not sure how to do this.
I also don't want to buy Partition Magic so I was thinking of using the fips tool (anybody tried this?). I have some small questions. 1) First I should defragment the C-drive (under Win98) to get everything in the beginning of the disk. I have read something about files that can not be removed. How do I find out that I do not have such files at the end of the disk and what can I do about it? 2) I plan to cut the drive in 2 parts with fips. The filesystem on the second partition is also FAT32 or will it be FAT16? Can I simply use fdisk (from linux) to change this fs to ext2 and then create more linux partitions from this drive? 3) Now my drive letters are C: hard disk D: CD-ROM E: zip-drive If I reboot and Win98 starts (I hope) what will happen with these drive letters? (P.S.: I have not changed the 2nd partition to ext2) Greetings, Stefan. ******************************************************** * SIEMENS ATEA NV * * * * ICN D NC A: * * Ir. Stefan Goeman * * Tel: +32 14 253020 * * e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * P.S.: Linux is great!! * ******************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
