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Posted: Sep. 04 2005,12:30

I am currently trying to install dsl on an old pc. Its currently running windows 95. I would like to install dsl but i dont want to lose windows. The pc already has a c and d drive. c 2gb and d 1gb. Is it possible to format and partition the d drive for use with dsl without affecting the c drive at all?

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Posted: Sep. 04 2005,14:45

I believe so. Possible issues that I can't verify:
1) DSL would need to be booted from floppy or CD if you do not want to touch the first drive at all (meaning adding a Linux bootloader to MBR). I have no idea whether there is a problem with starting linux on a second drive with the CD or floppy.
2) The install scripts may not support a second drive, so you might need to either install Frugal manually, or maybe swap the drives while doing a harddrive install (then probably needing to adust some paths after switching the drives back).

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