Originally posted here by tyger_claw
P2PApocalypse put it best....

Use Partition Magic to do your partitioning and then install with the boot disk of Linux.
I agree.. he put it quite well...

Myself, I've never really "liked" Partition Magic (ok, I'm cheap... LOL) -- I just tend to use the Winblowz Fdisk or Fdisk32, and do it all "by hand." But, yes, PM should make it a lot easier.