Installing Mandrake (already have WIN XP)

[imported_pshibly]

I already have WinXP installed on my 200GB hard drive. I only have that one partition. I DO NOT WANT TO LOSE MY WINDOWS PARTITION. I want to install Mandrake so I can use Linux. I have mandrake iso's on 3 cds. I have partition magic 8, so i can partition my hard drive. What steps do I go through to partition my hard drive? How many partitions? How big should I make the partitions? What partitions go where? Should I use the "Install another operating system" option in partition magic? Please help me. Im new to this. If you could give me as much detail as possible, I would apprecite it. Thanks in advance.

Philip

 

[n0cmonkey]

/
swap
/usr
/home
/tmp

Or you can just let Mandrake partition the free space. Make thorough backups of your Windows system.

 

[imported_pshibly]

please, more detail. i backed up everything already.

 

[n0cmonkey]

There's usually an automatic option for partitioning. It should take the free space and make a partition scheme using it. Really, if you're this new, a / and swap partitions are all you really need.

 

[imported_pshibly]

thanks. got it working and partitioned the way you said.