--- In [email protected], "Loyal Barber" <loyal_bar...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "m_alexander61" > <m_alexander61@> wrote: > > > > Having purchased a new PC with Vista (not by choice, but there was no > > option), I am eager to free up all that memory. My first plan was to > > replace with a new "upgrade" of XP, but XP doesn't recognize my > > harddrive. I have hard- and software that run great on XP, and I would > > love to set up a dual-boot, so...<etc.>
> How simple do you want this? For Linux, I would suggest Mint. For > me it is the easiest to set up and recognizes more hardware than > anything else I have found. I am experimenting with VirtualBox > under Mint. VirtualBox allows you to run another OS completely > within the host OS. Like you, I set up XP under VirtualBox. That > should cure your "doesn't recognize my hard drive" problem as Vbox > tells XP that it is a generic hard drive and XP has no problem with > it. Just my $.02 worth. > > Loyal Well, Loyal, that sounds pretty simple. If that was the difficult answer then I'm golden! Of course, one of Linux' most interesting features is that it can throw a curve at any moment, but this sounds like a plan. I'll d/l Mint and VB and give it a shot. Thanks, and thanks to you also, Jim. Mint is a flavor I haven't tried yet, if you'll forgive a horrible pun. Mark > ------------------------------------ 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/
