On Wednesday 20 November 2002 06:52 pm, markmara wrote: > I want to install a Mandrake Linux Operating System on a separate HD. The > HD now has Windows 3.1 OS on it. I want to format the HD to eliminate the > 3.1. Can I install the Mandrake OS on a clean HD or do I have to add a > Windows OS before I can install the Mandrake OS? Thank you for any info. > Jim Markellos Jim: Just go ahead and start the Mandrake install. Mandrake will complain that it can't find any free space, and ask if it can overwrite the existing DOS partition. Click OK, and Mandrake will create a new partition, and format it with an appropriate Linux filesystem. Warning: If this is the second HD in the system, and you have another version of Windows on the primary HD, be very careful that you and Mandrake are talking about the same drive, or you'll delete the wrong version. Regards, Carroll Grigsby Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml