about hdd partitioning..

[rushtosri]

Hi there,

I'm new to this world of computing and hardware. I have a system at home with following configuration:
AMD 550mhz
196mb ram
Trident 3dimage card with 4mb video ram
10GB hard disk

Now i want to install Linux (Redhat 7.1) along with Windows 2000 Pro and Windows 98. To install these i've to partition my hdd itseems and i don't know anything about partitioning of hard disks. I want to give 3GB for linux and 3GB for Windows(both 2000 and 98) and the remaining should be set aside for storing other data. Can anyone tell me how i should proceed? I have a few doubts about partitioning like i want to know what is primary partition, extended partition and logical partition? How is this useful while dividing the disk? I would appreciate if you point me to any site which gives me complete details about partitioning of hard disks.

Thanks in advance..
With regards,
Shri.

 

[Eguy]

Hi;

Follow this link:

http://www.users.intercom.com/~ranish/part/primer.htm

Ed Please let me know if the sugestion(s) I provide are helpful to you.
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