Chapter 3 : Introduction

Welcome!

The aim of this manual is to help you to install Linux-Mandrake on your PC. The setup program used is the new graphical setup program: DrakX.

You will first be given instructions for steps to take before proceeding to the installation, such as: finding information on your hardware, configuring your BIOS, and, where applicable, creating a bootdisk.

We will then give you details on Lnx4Win. Lnx4Win allows you to install Linux-Mandrake on your PC without re-partitioning your hard disk. Although this is the easiest setup method, it has several disadvantages which will be explained.

For those of you who want a standard installation, you will find help with partitioning: a whole section will be devoted to the concepts behind partitioning a hard disk including details on how Linux and Windows handle partitions. This should help you when you have to partition your hard drive, but DrakX can handle this automatically.

And finally we will look at the installation itself.

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