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Date: 11 Feb 2005 22:13:22 -0800

First off let me say that I know almost nothing about linux. I'm
really excited about learning more about the OS.

I recently was given a computer that had Win 2K on it. I did not know
the password in order to log into the computer, so I decided to try
installing linux over it. I installed Linux Fedora tonight with no
problems. I believe that when I installed it, it completly deleted Win
2k, but I'm not positive.

After reading some articles, I read where it is best to install window
first before installing linux, if you want two operating systems on the
computer - this is what I would like to do with this computer.

I tried an old win 98cd, but it would not install - the pc went
straight into Linux even though the bios is set to load from my cd
drive first. I found an old Win 95 boot disk and inserted it into my
a: drive. After getting a F:\ prompt, I tried running setup.exe on the
disk. I'm getting a message that says I need to create a partition
because win 98 cannot be installed on ntfs.

I'm not sure what I should do. Should I completly wipe out the hard
drive before trying to install Win 98? (btw there's no data on the HD
that I want to save.) If so, how do I go about it? After I have WIn 98
installed, I want to re-install Linux on the hard drive.

Thanks to anyone who can help me get away from Windows.

Crjunk

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