[Aiken]

Hugh, you'll need 1 more partition for linux swap (unless you have > 1Gb of RAM).

I would also suggest you to make separate partition for /boot.

Don't use win fdisk to make linux parts and nix fdisk to create win parts. Also don't use winxp fdisk to create dos partition. Best tool to create partitions for any win family is PQ (Symantec) Partition Manager.

Start your setup from installing win9x/DOS, then winxp, then linux. Where is no way to boot to linux from XP bootloader without geek tricks or OS manager, but GRUB should load win without problems. Just point it to win partitions during linux installation procedure.

So I'd suggest you following scheme:

/dev/hda1 - fat16/32 for DOS/win9x
/dev/hda2 - NTFS for winxp
/dev/hda3 - ext3/rFS for /boot
/dev/hda4 - for linux swap
/dev/hda5 - ext3/rFS for /
/dev/hda6 - extended
/dev/hda7 - NTFS/fat32 for My Docs
/dev/hda8 - ext3/rFS for /home