“One of the major hurdles for any newcomers attempting to
install Linux is the partitioning process. With a whole hard disk
devoted to Windows, making space for Linux is often a complex and
intimidating task. Many distributors have made efforts to simplify
this operation – usually in the form of graphical re-partitioning
software. Phat Linux, a single-CD distribution available at
www.phatlinux.com, offers an alternative approach by installing
itself into a Windows directory. No partitioning is required – the
distribution lives in a folder on a Windows drive. This method
hasn’t been popular among all distributors, though, as using a
Windows partition is considerably slower than Linux’s standard ext2
format.”
“Phat Linux 3.2 is supplied as a Zip archive, ready to be
extracted using WinZip or a similar tool. The archive contains a
few system files, a huge image file of the working Linux system
itself, and a small amount of documentation. This gives a brief
overview of the setup process.”