OK, I would consider myself a newbie, even though I've successfully installed another Linux distribution (Vector Linux) on an old Pentium 100, all the while leaving the existing Win98 installation intact. Now I'm challenged with installing Knoppix 3.2 on my girlfriend's brand new Toshiba Satellite laptop, which of course has an NTSF formatted hard drive (40 gigs). This is what I've picked up upon skimming other posts dealing with installing on an NTSF formatted HD:

1. Upon booting and running Knoppix from the CD drive, utilities can be run in order to divide the existing partition on the HD into multiple partitions.

2. It is possible to leave WinXP untouched, and the resulting partition that WinXP is on will of course remain formatted as NTSF. The new partition(s) that Knoppix will occupy will have to be formatted ext3.

I'll stop there for now. If anyone can tell me whether these statements are correct, or add additional, clarifying statements, it'll really help to provide me with a foundation on which I can understand subsequent and more detailed steps in the installation process.

Cheers