Posted by Frank Hale on 1999-04-20
>purchased for a whopping $3.00 yesterday at the Comdex in Chicago
Yeah I just got Debian Linux 2.1 (4 CD set) from www.cheapbytes.com for
a
whopping $6.99 and I got a 3 cd archive full of linux stuff for $3.99.
Then
I got an essential debian 2.1 cd for $2.50. That is the kind of software
I
like to buy!!!!
>I'm curious if the two can coexist and what kind of
>problems to expect.
Yes they should work just fine. I run Win98 and Linux on a 2 drive
system
and I have LILO as my boot loader and it works just fine. I am thinking
of replacing Win98 with FreeBSD, but that is later down the road.
There is a FAQ about dual booting with linux. Check
http://www.linux-howto.com
>I haven't converted my C partition to NTFS yet, it is
>still FAT.
If you want to access your Windows partitions from linux then you better
leave it as FAT. I am not sure if linux can read NTFS filesystems or
not. It may be able to and others may have more information on it. I
know for a fact that you can access FAT partitions from Linux which is
nice because say you don't get your Internet account setup you can
always use windows and have linux be able to get access to files that
you download.
>Any links for extreme beginners in Linux would be helpful also.
http://linuxnewbie.org
http://www.linux.org
Good Luck and take care,
Frank
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