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I wondered about putting Linux on another H/D and turning the C (Windows system) drive off, To save all the boot up alternatives, I wondered if I could just...
Hello Dennis, ... There's no need to run the windows drive off, you'll want it in if you ever want to access your Windows files from Linux. Linux plays nicely...
... So how do you boot it? Almost all Linux distros take care of this automatically, by adding a bootloader that gives you a choice of Windows or Linux each...
... My problem in the past has been, I installed Linux, played with it, then decided to remove it. But I was still left with the bootup option "Windows or...
... From: "Neil Bothwick" <neil@...> To: <pamiga@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [pamiga] Linux ... it comes on the...
Hello Jade Falcon, ... My question was "How do you boot Windows?". Do you really have to faff around with a boot CD and changing partition flags every time you...
... From: "Neil Bothwick" <neil@...> To: <pamiga@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 11:56 PM Subject: Re: [pamiga] Linux ... but that was...
... I would agree with neil i only have 4 years windows experience but installing suse 10.2 linux was dead easy. Just creat a new partition and then boot the ...
Hi all... ... Two guys in a bar are talking about their wives. "My wife is mad at me again," says the first. "Why?" "I was bombed at the bar across the street...
Hello Jade Falcon, ... I know. I thought it was a bad idea at the time and I still do. You're both trying too hard to fix a problem that doesn't exist, Linux...
Thankyou people for your suggestions re Linux and switching off a drive. I will go for an installation on another Drive. (I do not believe in partitioning) I...
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:39:59 +0100 Neil Bothwick <neil@...> wrote: Hello Neil, ... It wouldn't be as simple as disconnecting either 12V or 5V, either. ...
Hello Dennis, ... It does exist, I can assure you, I've seen it with my own eyes :) You may not like it, but you use it. You have at least one partition on ...
It does exist, I can assure you, I've seen it with my own eyes :) You may not like it, but you use it. You have at least one partition on each drive and will...
... One thing you may want to try - http://wubi-installer.org I`m giving this a try atm and it works a treat. One thing I like is you can still access your...
Hello Dennis, ... Yes, but a Linux installation works best with more than one partition. At the very least, you want swap on its own partition, I'd also...
As I said before, they do exist, I've seen them. Multiple partitions make a lot of sense, not only for segregating data from the operating system. What have...
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:22:47 +0100 Neil Bothwick <neil@...> wrote: Hello Neil, ... AIUI, swap can be created as a file as well. IOW, Dennis /could/ have ...
Hello Brad Rogers, ... It can, but it shouldn't, and many distro installers won't even give you that option. There was a long thread on one of the Gentoo...
Hello Dennis, ... It's got nothing to do with backups, although backing up to another partition on the same drive does give some security; it protects against ...
On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:34:15 +0100 Neil Bothwick <neil@...> wrote: Hello Neil, ... It's not something I'd opt for myself, so was unaware that you're often...
Hi Dennis, ... Personally the boot loader approach seems the most sound. I don't know if you are inviting problems by having the IDE interace still connected...
... <SNIP> ... I decided to download version 10.3 and try and install it. I had already created two linux partitions that I was going to use for Knoppix but...
... why filesystem did you format them in partiton magic? Suse picks up ReiserFS and ext3 filesystems as linux partitons. If you formatted them as ntfs or...