Hello,
I'm a newbie to linux, though I do have some unix experience (but none with
partitioning drives).
I have a $1,000, and I'm going to buy a computer (including a monitor). I
want a dual-boot system running linux and win98. Win98 is required for some
other programs I have which I run on my rather old Win95 notebook. Other
than that, I wish to use linux primarily. Because I'm a newbie, I would
prefer to use a distribution like Caldera's OpenLinux or Mandrake.
My question is: What should I buy?
1.) I could buy a Win98 box, then use Caldera's linux distribution that
will repartition and install linux without trashing the Win98 partition.
(Does Mandrake do this for you? I really am a newbie.) But I would pay the
MS tax, and risk buying hardware that is incompatible with linux.
2.) I could by a linux box from VA research or the Linux store with Linux
preinstalled, and repartition it. Can I repartition without losing the
contents of the drive?
Or should I get vmware for linux?
Or is there some other idea that is better than any of these?
Thank you in advance for your helpful advice.
John Baskette
