Win 2k / Linux Dual Boot Questions??

[Wyvern]

I am building my first computer and was looking to run Windows 2000 and Linux. I have already purchased most of the hardware, but still have some questions. Here is my system:

700Mhz Duron (Got a good deal on it)
Abit KT7-RAID
128MB Mushkin High Perf. Mosel Rev 1.5 222 RAM
IBM Deskstar 75GXP HD
Pioneer DVD-115
Hercules 3d Prophet II MX
Linksys Etherfast 10/100
Fong Kai FK-603 Case

My primary use for this machine would be to learn Linux, browse the net and play games. For this purpose, I would see a Win98SE/Linux dual boot as the best option. However, I'd also like to play with Win2k. So my questions are:

1. Would I be able to use Win2k for a gaming machine or is the performance/compatibilty to poor?
2. Is dual booting Win2k and Linux easy to do?
3. Can I dual boot Win2k and linux or triple boot Win2k, Win98SE and Linux off the same drive and are there disadvantages of doing so? I haven't bought the drive yet, so I was wondering if I could get by with a 15GB or 30GB drive now and get another later.

 

[BCYL]

1) Depends on what games you want to play... Most new games now will run in win2k, but if older games are what you want, then I suggest stick with win98...

2) Yes, very easy to do...

3) Yes you can dual-boot or triple-boot on the same drive... only need to partition the drive, and install the OS's into different partitions...

 

[kw7]

Info for triple boot....
LinuxNewbie

 

[kw7]

BTW, I personally would suggest you to get the 30Gig drive. Since, basically, you need at least 2G for each partition to get a decent installation of OS/programs. That will leave you for only 9G of free space. Also, the proce difference of these two drives are not too great, so in long term, I would suggest you the 30G one.

 

[ctll]

and something about linux needs the first 1024 in the HD or something



*knows nothing about linux*

 

[kw7]

Actually not anymore, the lastest version of lilo solved this problem, and the new limitation is something like a couple terabyte.