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If you have any problems, hit the list - I am certain you can get good and
fast advice as many on it dual-boot.

You might also want to use Suse for your music needs - that's what I am
doing as Suse apps are 1)free with Suse 2)provide more choices for all
aspects of sound production/whatever 3)run on an OS that doesn't suck up the
cycles (try running a minimum windows manager or even a command line vs MS's
bloated OS or even KDE/GNOME to save cycles) and 4)are free with the
distribution.  Did I mention Suse/Linux apps cost less than MS ones ?

Well, good luck and don't worry - this isn't too hard.

Greg

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