Even as we speak, I'm downloading Red Hat Linux (with every intention of installing it alongside with my Windows 98) and simultaneously am trying to learn as much as I can about the new OS and whatever it takes to have Linux successfully installed. I am up to hard drive partitioning right now. I decided to try none-destructive partitioning first, but, if it doesn't work, am ready to settle for destructive one. (Any tools that could be recommended for repartitioning?) What's the best way of organizing my new Linux partition? (I'm thinking of giving it 2 to 3 Gigs.) Does Linux work with IE? Any underwater riffs I should be watching out for? Any word of advice from people who's been through similar experience will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Andrei

IE is a Windows application. It will not work with Linux. Microsoft is not given to developing software applications for the competition. Partition Magic is a good tool for manipulating partitions and can create Linux partitions for you. Depending on the type of install you do you could need up to 600Mb of disk space. As long as you are downloading the OS you should get the reference manual and read a bit before the installation

I did the same thing not long ago. You can try fips. That's what I would recommend, becuase you can split partitions that you already have. The only thing is that they must be 16-bit partitions. They say it supports 32-bit partitions, but it's a different type of 32 bit, not the FAT32 associated with windows. That's one problem I ran into. You should be able to get fips off the internet or try http://www.igd.fhg.de/~aschaefe/fips/ to get it. It's a non-destructive partitioner. The only other thing I can suggest is backing up, and then just re-partitioning during the linux install with Disk Druid. Hope helps. Wigs.