Apache/php/mysql on Win98 vs Linux

I have a computer on my LAN that I only use maybe twice a week for 1/2 hour to test some hardware I manufacture. I figure that I can use it the rest of the time as a php/mysql host to redo all of my accounting and inventory software. My choice is to install the Win98 binaries of Apache, PHP, and MySQL (and maybe perl), which I suspect is a fairly simple install. Or to use Partition Magic to create a different bootable partition and install Linux and the Linux versions of all of those. I suspect that this is going to be a lot more complex, since I've never installed any of these (either version). Looking for comments and suggestions on which way to go (please be as specific and verbose as you can). One thing I do understand from the PHP manual is that certain commands (I think mostly file related) don't work in a Windows environment. -------------------- To send e-mail to me replace the domain name with djdesign.com The phony "anti.spam" domain is used to fool newsgroup e-mail address harvestor 'bots. ----------------------