On 4/27/07, Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello All, A friend of mine bought a branded pc with Vista installed. However no additional peripherals work as their drivers are not available in vista. I suggested that he install Linux in dual boot and he has agreed. I only want to know if Linux and Vista will live peacefully and boot from Grub. Does Vista have the same booting method as XP? -- Regards, Rony. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
Dear Rony, I've never tried it on a vista desktop, but i have had no issues with the same on vista laptops that i've installed on. just remember, take a backup of the MBR and Partition table via linux rescue mode first, if you want to be extra careful. Also, if it's a new system, i suggest you try out a 64 bit distro variant first, before you try a 32 bit variant. it'll give him a noticeable performance boost, and i'm sure he will enjoy the experience(remember to activate beryl and show him all the eye candy -- whip vista on his own *vista* system). If you have any issues, do feel free to get in touch with me off-list, and i can pass on a 64 bit fedora copy, and also help you with the install. Regards R. K. Rajeev -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
