Charles,
Can't answer all the questions. Brandnew newbie myself.
There is no reason to say goodbye to your old setup. Dual-boot
works very well. There are many different ways (of booting) to
choose from. I find it fun to play with.
While using both systems you will have the best of 2 worlds at
your fingertips.
Use the stand-alone machine for risky testing, doing things you
never would on your main system.
Harddisks nowadays are so big that there is plenty room for
multiple OSs.
In dual-boot setup your CDROM (and memory and ...) is available
for all operating systems, you dont need to change printer-cable
as well.
You can even make a common area accessible to both OSs for
exchanging files. And keeping backups.
It's fun to chart your own computing destiny (again).
No need to abandon your favorite old programs till you find a good
Linux replacement.
Herman, n0jn/du7.
At 04:13 PM 6/12/99 GMT, you wrote:
>I can't even qualify as a newbie since I haven't installed Linux as of
>now.
>
>I have been reading various site offerings and following this email
>for a while and haven't seen anythig to clarify a couple of points for
>me. Perhaps someone could off me guidance.
>
>My personal preferance would be to set up a standalone machine with
>Linux as opposed to a dual boot system. However I routinely use a few
>programs that if not available under Linux would force a dual boot
>setup.
>
>Specific programmig:
>Adaptec CD Creator, EZ CD Pro and Direct CD
>Forte AGENT
>Paint Shop Pro
>ATI All-In-Wonder Pro Card and attendant software
>Also, I have installed a Panasonic PD-CD
>
>The Panasonic PD-CD and the CD-RW unit run off of an Adaptec 2940UW
>SCSI Card.
>
>Can anyone advise me if any/all of the above can be made to run under
>Linux or if suitable alternative software is available?
>
>Charles Camp
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
