#Copyright 2000 MandrakeSoft under the GPL license.
#Authors : Alexandre Dussart & Warren Downs. 
#Please report all bugs at adussart@mandrakesoft.com (current maintainer)

Lnx4Win allows you to install Linux directly on a Windows partition,
as a folder. It works on Windows 95, 98 and ME. 
Lnx4win does not work on Windows NT or 2000.
It is a convenient way to discover Linux-Mandrake without modifying your 
Windows system. It is however significantly slower than a regular 
installation. Also, your Linux-Mandrake installation is lost if you 
re-install Windows.

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Installation of Lnx4Win 
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I Requirements:

- Hardware system compatible with Linux Mandrake.
- 64Mb RAM
- 400 Mb free space on Windows partition.
- Windows(tm) 95/98/ME

II Preparing the installation

Please follow these steps carefully :

- Run scandisk to clean up your system.
- Insert the cdrom.
- The autorun program should appear. If it is not the case, 
  double-click on the cdrom drive icon in Explorer. 
  Then double-click on the autorun.exe icon.
- A window pops up. You can either:
  * Read the Quick Installation Guide,
  * Watch the Linux-Mandrake demos,
  * Create a boot floppy, or
  * Exit.
  Press the appropriate button. 
To create the boot floppy, see instructions below.
 
III Create a boot floppy

- Press the appropriate button from the autorun application.
- Insert a blank floppy. A window appears. 
- Fill the Image File field, by pressing the '...' button, then
  slecting the cdrom.img icon
- Press the Write button.
- When the copy is finished, you can exit from the program.

IV Installing Linux-Mandrake

- If your system supports booting from a CDROM:
  * Insert the cdrom then reboot your system.
  * Press F1 when the Linux-Mandrake screen appears, 
    then type: lnx4win at the prompt. Press Enter and follow the 
    instructions on screen.
- If your system does not support booting from a CDROM,
  * Create a boot floppy as described above,
  * Insert the boot floppy  and reboot your system.
  * Press F1 when the Linux-Mandrake screen appears, 
    then type: lnx4win at the prompt. Press Enter and follow the 
    instructions on screen.

The installation procedure is the same as a standard installation 
but without disk partitioning and bootloader installation steps.
When the installation is finished, you can reboot under Windows.
A selection screen lets you boot linux or windows.
Highlight the appropriate entry using the arrow keys, then press Enter.

V De-installation of Lnx4win

- Boot the system under Windows
- Run the uninstall.bat script located in the lnx4win folder of your 
  hard disk.
- To remove the linux entries in the boot selection, boot from a 
  Windows startup disk and run the command "fdisk /mbr" on 
  the hard drive that contains the master boot record.