My boss picked up a new Sony Vaio at the Sony Store in Chicago this week so I  
decided to do a Mandrake install a la InstallFest to see how long it might  
take. 
 
Since the computer has one 6Gb partition with ME installed Mandrake would have 
to shrink that to make room for Linux. Of course, you can install Mandrake in 
a folder on the Windows partition but who would want to do that? 
 
So, first thing I needed to defrag Windows. Two hours and several cross-linked 
files later I was able, finally, to boot the Mandrake CD. Even though there 
was 2.78Gb free space on the C: drive Mandrake could only recover 700Mb! 
 
The moral - If this is a typical install we'll run out of time and better have 
lots of Partition Magic CDs handy! 
 
Dennis Kibbe  

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