+1 on this idea from Helmut
I use a linux VM under Virtualbox on my daily macOS laptop when I need to get quick access to an old SSH version-1 compatible client so I can access antiquated networking equipment (here's looking at you, Allied Telesis). Pete > On 30/10/2019, at 8:49 PM, Helmut Walle <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have you considered just leaving the Windows system and partitioning as is, > and setting up a > Linux VM running on VirtualBox, for example? Depending on the kind of > diagnostics that you need > to run, that could possibly do the job, too, but would have the advantage of > being able to run > both OSs at the same time, rather than having to select at boot time. > > That approach, however, may have some limitations when connecting to external > hardware. That > being said, USB support for VirtualBox is pretty good these days. > > The effort to set it up is not significantly different from changing > partitioning, installing a > second OS, and keeping the boot loader intact. It's a really low-risk way of > spinning up another > OS quickly. > > Kind regards, > > Helmut. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
