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jonathan glass


On Fri, 2004-05-14 at 10:05, Ryan Williams wrote:
> > Are you talking about something where you can turn a knob and switch 
> > between
> > OS's ???  If so, then it will never work, as stuff loaded in RAM for 
> > one OS
> > won't work with the other one.  The article seems to not mention that 
> > you
> > still have to log out, stop the box, flip the switch and then boot up 
> > again
> > to switch OS's
> 
> Actually, it does mention that somewhere I think. At least, I realized 
> that was the case. You would shut down, flip the switch and reboot.
> 
> > - so what's different from dual booting and putting one OS on
> > one drive and the other OS on the other drive ???  Dual booting these 
> > days
> > is incredibly simple - just remember to install Windows first then 
> > Linux.
> 
> To be honest, I'm just a bit clueless when it comes to messing with PC 
> bios (being primarily a MacOSX guy). I've used *nix remotely for years, 
> but this is my first time doing my own install. So, this just seemed 
> like the simpler option. It's also a logistical issue with software. 
> I've been told time and time again to load XP first before adding 
> linux. I'm putting the PC together this weekend and wanted to load SuSE 
> on to play with, but the copy of XP I ordered won't arrive until next 
> week. Impatience. :) This PC will primarily be used for linux -- only 
> booting into win on the odd occasion I need it for music production 
> apps. I'm irritated enough by the idea of having to use win for some 
> things, so having to wait on it before I can do anything else is even 
> more annoying.
> 
> But you bring up a good point. If you have two drives and install linux 
> on one and win on the other, does it really matter that the linux 
> install is existent before you install XP? Is either linux or win going 
> to want to be on the master drive (I assumed both would, hence the 
> switching question). Ultimately, it's not a big deal. I can always wipe 
> the drives and reinstall everything once I get my XP disc. I can just 
> do a test SuSE install this weekend to make sure everything works.
> 
> Sorry. Though I've been doing remote FreeBSD/Linux server admin for 
> years, I'm pretty much a desktop linux newbie.
> 
> Ryan
> 
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