Going to give Linux a try. I have copies of Mandrake, Redhat and Fedora. Don't know which is best for a newbie. When I read about installing the boot loader I am a bit confused where to put it.
I have 3 drives. Drive C:WinXp Pro Drive D:empty Drive E: empty and Drive E: is where I want to install Linux. I want to use Drive D: for a Ghost copy of WinXP Pro. (drives C: and D: IDE and drive E: SCSI)
Yesterday I reformatted C: and reinstalled WinXP Pro. I have all my updates and programs installed and I was going to Ghost a copy to my D:drive, but haven't yet.
Reason I am waiting to Ghost is where do I install the boot loader so I can access ither WinXp or Linux on boot-up? Since both D: and E: are as yet un-used should I create another partition on one of these drives for Linux's boot loader?
Linux sites say to install boot loader on another drive other than the one Linux is on, but agian where?
Also which loader do you recommend, LILO or GRUB or other?
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