Ok. New laptop. TPM. XP. Want dual boot. What do I do first?

New laptop. Single 60GB HD, TPM present but, according to the manual,
disabled in the BIOS (requires to be enabled for its secutiry
features). XP waiting to install automatically on first switch-on.
CD/DVD, LAN connection, but no floppy drive. USB ports, but may not
be bootable.

Want to have:

Multi boot: XP, Linux/Knoppix, FreeDOS, etc
Partition with data files such as word proc, spreadsheets, etc
Linux partition with Knoppix/debian, say
Linux swap partition

Have: Knoppix bootable CD.

Query:

How would you set up these new partitions, use a multi-boot loader,
and still have XP install without hiccup, together with Linux/Knoppix?


Concerns:
That the XP pre-install might not install if the NTFS(?) drive is
'not' 60GB.

Although GRUB worked happily under W98SE (using a sort of DOS mode),
unsure it would work under XP.

Manual suggests that TPM is used for SSL, WPA etc - does this mean I
'must' enable TPM if I want to use SSL, or WPA, under XP?

And if I 'must' to enable TPM, how would we create the environment I
seek?


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best wishes,
Ron
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