Thanks for the reply. I wasn't actually going to install Linux - I just wanted to see if I could, because of the harddrive. And - worst case, if I wound up with a reformatted hard drive, I'd be no...

The hard drive on my Presario R3000 crashed last night, and I'm trying to get a handle on how screwed I am.
Compaq's sending me a new drive, but I'm going to try to recover what I can, first.
The...