"Boris Badenuff" <boris@badenuff.com> wrote in message
news:IPmTa.111153$wk6.29330@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att. net...
>
> "philo" <philo@plazaearth.com> wrote in message
> news:vhrhtbso19d88a@corp.supernews.com...
> > reboot the machine and see what happened...
> > if you had not defragged the drive first you can run fips again and
> > "unsplit"
> > the partitions.
> >
>
> Windows 98 reboots with no trouble; I was just wondering if there might
have
> been anything else related to my Linux install that the error could have
> been pointing to. Sorry - I should have been a little more specific.
Plus,
> I found out that my Slackware boot and root disks were corrupt and I have
to
> recreate them.
>
> I know that Slack is tougher than other versions of Linux, but I figured
I'd
> see what happened when I jumped into the deep end of the pool.
>
> Thanks again for the advice!!!
>

ok,
be sure to back up anything on your windows partition...
slackware does not have any "installtion wizards" so you will need to use
linux
fdisk (or some similar manual partitioner)
and if you make a mistake, you could wipe out your windows partition!

once you get your drive partitioned, the slackware installtion will
be fairly standard (though configuring your X server may be a bit tedious)