Installing Linux on a system is a little different then grabbing just any partitioning software even Partition Magic. You first have to either buy a Linux cd or download the distribution which usually takes four or five iso images to complete those run from an average of 500 to 600mb in size. Linux runs on VFat not Fat or NTFS and uses different tools to create the 3 or 4 actual partitions to run a distro. Unlike the various versions of Windows you have to create the root, boot, and swap partitions with an extended depending on the distro there. Along with the download of a distro Linux partitioning and loaders like Grub or Lilo are usually needed in order to run most versions. Cfdisk is one tool for creating the partitions needed. If this is a first time installation of Linux you will need to review the tutorial for the distro you be running. One suggestion is to try out a Live for cd distro to start as a newbie there. You simply boot off of the disk to run Knoppix or ubuntu live distros.
