Hi Robert: Yes you can use more than one os on a computer. The reason for the warnings is to give you a chance to return your present system in case of trouble. The warning is com- parable to the warning you get when you need to go into the registry to fix or tweak windows, the advice to back up the registry is always given. When you install debian on the empty disc, you will need to reformat the hard drive as per instructions, the worse case scenario is if you format the wrong drive :). As to overloading your system, since you are installing a new os only one system will be operating at a time. So you will either run windows or debian. Since your computer can handle windows, it should also handle debian. Dean
Robert Thrall wrote: > > Hello, > > I am at present using the Microsoft Windows 98 OS. I have two hard > discs. If I transfer everything to one hard disc and then format the > "empty" disc, can I install the Debian System: i386 to this formatted > hard disc without causing any problems to the Windows 98 OS? In other > words can I use both systems on the computer? Having read through much > of the material you have presented on you web site, I see that you > caution anyone from installing your OS proceeding very system without > making backups or without proceeding very delicately. You say I could > lose everything on my hard disc. But that is may question. What if I > put your system on the formatted hard disc. Will that cause problems > anyway? I also have direct access to the internet via a cable company > and am using Netscape Communicator and Microsoft Explorer 5.0. Am I > overloading myself? The reason I am asking these questions is that I > really like what I have read about the Debian System, but do not want to > crash. I have already lost everything once and would not like to repeat > that fiasco. Your help would be appreciated. > > Sincerely, > > Robert Thrall > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
