davidlinux wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected]
> <mailto:LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>, "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 are going to dual boot Vista with Linux, M$ has a command line
> tool that makes it very complicated. You have to mess with Vista's
> Boot Configuration Data.
>
> After doing a little (well ok, a lot) research, I found a couple of
> free tools that make dual booting with Vista a LOT easier.
> EasyBCD is one of them at:
> http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 <http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1>
> The other one is VistaBootPRO at:
> http://www.vistabootpro.org/ <http://www.vistabootpro.org/>
>
> I think I like the KDE desktop in some of the Linux distributions
> better because it is more like Windows.
>
> I have 16 Linux's dual booting with Windows 2000 Pro working ok with
> GRUB bootloader, but I have not picked which one is what I want to use
> mostly.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Dave
>
>
No dual booting Vista and Linux is easy provided you use the Windows
'Volume shrinking' program to free up space for your Linux and install
it on this free space. I have tried Easy BCD and it's more complicated
than just doing as above. Using other partitioning programs to
accommodate Linux with Vista is risky as Microsoft has somehow altered
its file system. All of the Linux flavours I tried with the exception of
Memphis correctly adjusted the Grub bootloader to include mu Vista
partition.
With the Vista 'Shrinking Volune' tool you can only reduce to 50%, there
is no option as to size, but it is the safest way to start off with.
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