WinXP--->Linux

From: Jon (jonok_at_webmail.co.za)
Date: 02/27/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 04:07:51 GMT

Hi people,

I'm rather new to this all, but I am looking to put a Linux distribution
onto my computer. Currently my computer has WinXP Home SP2 and I would like
to keep that if possible. I have had a little experimenting with Red Hat so
am going to try put Red Hat 9.0 on (any comments?). I've heard about being
able to dual-boot with WinXP but am not so sure about going about it. My
current HDD has been partitioned into 2 with WinXP installed on the one and
nothing on the other, both are formatted as NTFS. People have told me that
Red Hat requires a FAT32 whilst XP has NTFS. Does this mean that the whole
drive must be converted to FAT32 or just the partition that I want linux to
be installed on?

This is probably quite a common question and am sorry for having to repeat
it. Any assistance would be great.

Thanks
Jonathan

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