Found the easiest and less hassle was to install on two HD's.
One linux and one Windoze 98.
With windoze already installed Mandrake installed first time.
Make windows the master, the master boot record will be rewritten
and your windows virus checker will spot this.

Jeremy Davidson wrote:

> I've decided to give LM8.0 a try as a dual-boot system (previously I'd been
> swapping HDs to keep it separate from win).  How much risk is involved in
> trying to resize my fat32 partition (using the LM8 install program)?  I have
> an IBM Deskstar 30GB drive (IDE) on a T-bird system.  I've backed up pretty
> much everything, but I'd still prefer not to lose anything if I can help it.
>
> If something does happen, I guess it's not a really big deal.  I'm planning
> on reformatting and reinstalling win anyway -- 'just don't want to do it
> now.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
> Jeremy
>
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