Yes, all that is very easy nowadays, from what I hear. Do find someone who has done one recently, best practices have changed. Many folks are happy to use virtualbox or the freeware version of vmware to run Linux in a vm in windows , some prefer to dual boot. Note than windows 7 has a built-in run time partition editor now, though it might be ignorant of the Linux filesystems inside those partitions. Also, windows nt, xp and 7 all have a bootloader, it can also be used to multiboot linux, but I think most Linux -centric folks overlook it for grub, etc.
~~James On Feb 26, 2012 7:32 PM, "Owen Densmore" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a friend who has an AMD processor based Windows system (Windows 7 > IIRC). > > He wishes to convert it to a dual-boot Windows/Linux system, with two > bootable partitions, one for each OS. > > Many years ago I did this sort of thing, but a lot has changed. > > Do any of us have experience with this? A good pointer/site on how to do > this? > > He does seem to be confused a bit about all the possibilities: > - Virtual Box > - Cygwin > - Dual boot (with both partitions being bootable) > - Which distro to use (He mainly wants to do development w/ C/C++ within > the mathematics world) > > I was surprised that he thought it necessary to use linux .. I presumed he > could do everything he wanted to do in Windows itself but apparently > compilers were not there and that sort of thing. I do know on the mac you > can install a "developer's sdk" for free (have to register) and presumed > that was also possible with Windows. > > Any pointers much appreciated! And alternatives too. > > -- Owen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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