--- In [email protected], "Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello everybody, I am new to Linux and I like what I see, I just bought > a new laptop with Vista installed and I would like to install Linux. > Wich flavor of Linux would you suggest, I'm just a typical web surfer > if that helps any. >
If you want to dual boot Vista and Linux, you may want to research how to do that. It is not as easy as dual booting with windows versions prior to Vista. M$ changed the boot arrangement for Vista and made it a lot more complicated. A good place to start might be "Windows Vista startup process" at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista_Startup_Process#Booting_seq ue nce Another is [Vista] "Boot Configuration Data" at: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa362692.aspx If those two don,t scare you, this one will, "Boot Configuration Data Editor Frequently Asked Questions" at: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/75e0d9a9-368d- 4b0f-8c0c-6ed3270742ea1033.mspx?mfr=true If you come to the conclusion, as I did, dual booting Vista gets complicated. There is some light at the end of the tunnel though. This next link is from a blog of someone who had done it for Solaris and with a some modifications, this should work for Linux. "Vista and Solaris Express dual boot" at: http://blogs.sun.com/moinakg/entry/vista_and_solaris_express_dual There is another "How To" that is simpler, but I can't find it just now. I haven't tried this, so make SURE you back up your MBR before you start. In that last blog, there are some newer enties that talk about preserving the disk id that Vista looks for. You may want to check those out too. I curently have 16 Linux distributions multibooting with Windows 2000 Pro with no problems, but I have not picked my favorite yet. To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
