[TriLUG] Dual Boot / Laptop Advice

[matt-nc]

I've got an old ThinkPad T20 here and since I know nothing about laptops 
and IBM has an online user guide that installs and runs under Win98, I've 
been thinking about installing a dual boot system with Win98 and Linux.

Any advice or suggestions about how to do this?

On the other hand, is there really that much I would learn from the user 
guide?  Should I just install Linux and figure out the laptop as I go along?

Matt