Hi Steve,
Before the "which distribution" holy war starts, pick one that your friends
or collegues use. That way you'll have a lot more face-face support.
If you don't know anyone at all who uses linux, then go with SuSE. Nice and
easy with loads of documentation, which is what you need when you've no
knowledgeable friends to talk to.
As for booting all the other operating systems, you'll want to dedicate at
least two partitions to linux. Don't worry, one only needs to be about the
size of RAM for swap space.
Lilo, the linux boot loader can be installed on the master boot record,
which means that it won't interfere with the boot.ini stuff winDo$e uses.
Happy installing
Mike
Quote:> Hello Linux Users from a sad WINdozer...
> I am totally new with all LINUX issues and would appreciate someone
telling
> me which version to start with. I have plenty of Win experience, build
PCs
> for a side biz, and know plenty when it comes to Win all the way to 2000
> Advanced Server.
> But I want to begin the treck to LINUX !! Please tell me the best version
to
> begin with, and I also need to be able to use it on a partition that
resides
> with 4 other OSes that I now boot to with boot.ini.
> TIA and hope I can post soon from Linux
> Steve in Fort Worth TX
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