On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:58:02 -0700 (PDT) computerwiz514 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello. I have a couple of questions to ask before I install gOS. The > qestions are: > Is there a way to install gOS on my Acer Windows Vista laptop without > messing anything up? gOS is what is known in the Linux world as a "live distribution", and that means once you have downloaded it and burnt it to disk, all you need to do is to set the laptop to boot from your disk drive first, place the disk in the disk drive and it will boot the disk and *run from the disk*. This point leads a little explanation: you do not have to install gOS at all, everything on the disk will be available to you, but it will run a tad slower than if you installed it on to your hard drive. You can connect to the internet, surf, IM etc The software you are using will always be the software on CD, not on the hard disk, and therefore nothing will be installed as such. Also, the software cannot be updated unless you update the CD :-) > Can I still boot up into Windows after I install gOS? Yes, but to do so needs a little planning. First defrag your Windows installation, then run the install program and during the install you will see (I think) a question asking if you have another operating system on the hard disk. You should see a menu when you reboot after installation asking whether you want Windows or Linux. Alternatively there are a number of virtual windows managers for Linux which can help you to run Windows "inside" Linux. Always remember to backup your important data before attempting anything like this. > Can I uninstall gOS? Yes, but a word of caution. The ideal way to install and uninstall gOS would be by Ubuntu's wubi tool (http://wubi-installer.org/) since gOS is based on Ubuntu and other members of the Ubuntu family. However, gOS does not support wubi as yet (famous last words!) so your best bet is to run the live distribution from CD to see what its like, and test it every way you can, then install it. That way, the uninstallation of gOS will only be because of an exceptional matter, too. > What about the dual-booting, what is that? Dual booting is a bit misnamed. It means booting into a bootloader like lilo or grub from which you can select the operating system you want to run. > Thanks. No problem - and I hope that helps. My advice is to try a number of Linux live distributions to check out what they have to offer: you might return to gOS, you might not. You can look them up at http://www.distrowatch.com -- Graham Todd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
