There'll be a utility in the DOSUTILS directory of the first CD called FIPS, put it on a bootdisk with RESTORRB. Assuming you're running Win98/ME, you can use these to set your partitions (if you're running NT this won't work).
- Run a defrag (must!)
- Boot to the boot disk, run fips, partition your drive
- Save your boot image when prompted, and be sure to keep it backed up somewhere
- Then you can install Linux on the partition you created
If you want to get rid of the Linux partition, restore your old boot image from the backup with RESTORRB, and run a scandisk, the drive will be back to square one.
Since Linux uses a different file system, Win98 will think your Linux partition is a sort of gigantic disk error, so it won't even show it as used space, it'll miss it completely.
Xayd