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| 570708 | 2007-07-20 23:37:00 | As I am quite passionate about the way the Linux team has been working for the humanity (yes, I think so) for years I am now occupied with the desire to try it and also support them. However, I have this question for you: If I choose to keep both (already paid for Windows) in my PC, can I do so by installing them in separate HDs. If so, will it affect the general functionalities of my PC. Your knowledge and views are highly appreciated. |
ramu (726) | ||
| 570709 | 2007-07-20 23:42:00 | Yup both will still work on different hdd's. I did it here on a spare 20 gb (Ubuntu) and XP on the SATA. Then once u install whatever linux, it may give u an option to boot into it, or boot the Windows hdd. It shouldnt affect anything, just as long as u have drivers for whatever devices, they'll work in Linux. Altho with Ubuntu, I found it would dial and connect but wouldnt authenticate properly. It just didnt want to work when I used PPP-Gnome or KPP which are programs for dialling out. But worked fine on a network. Some things aren't that easy to configure. Or even if you think you've configured it properly, it doesnt work. BUT, I managed to get the printer and scanner to work tho in Ubuntu. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 570710 | 2007-07-21 00:43:00 | Another very handy option is to use removable drive racks. You install the rack into a spare 5.25" drive bay (CD/DVD bay) and then the hard drive is installed into the tray. You can just pull out and swap around whatever hard drive tray you wish to boot up. That way you won't actually be dual booting or risking the other OS at any stage. For this you need two hard drives, one for Linux and the other for Windows. Both drives need to be set as "Master" (if IDE). You then need one rack and tray set, and a spare tray. Example of IDE racks: www.dse.co.nz - 3.5" Removable Rack & Tray www.dse.co.nz - 3.5" Removable Tray Another good thing is to leave a slave drive permanently installed, preferably formatted as FAT32 so that both OSs can share this storage drive and you can access the files from both OSs without any problems. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 570711 | 2007-07-21 01:46:00 | You don't necessarily need removable drives. If your case has space just add another drive. Depending on your mother board you can run 4 x IDE or if it has SATA and IDE you can run a mix of both drives and/or you can add an extra controller Either ATA100 or ATA133 or SATA and run an extra 4 drives or more. I have 7 Drives in My Case and Space for a few more. Linux can run from any drive or any partition on a drive. Since Linux is quite a learning curve compared to Windows be prepared to do a heap of reading or check into some of the Linux Support channels on IRC, there are dozens of them. Linux has its own format not NTFS or FAT32. A Windows HDD/partition can be mounted and read like a Linux partition. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 570712 | 2007-07-21 02:36:00 | Bantu, Jen and Speedy thanks for your informative messages. | ramu (726) | ||
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