I believe multibooting is very prevalent, particularly for:-
1. new users with access to a single computer who wish to try out Linux.
2. experienced users with laptop machines.
3. sysadmins comparing driver performance
Sysadmins need to be able to support all three of the above users.
At least lilo concepts should be examinable.
eric
----
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Richard Sharpe wrote:
> Les Bell wrote:
> > "David D . W . Downey" wrote:
> >
> > Yup, I can see lots of worms crawling out of this particular can.
> >
> > Personally, my view is that corporate use of Linux on the desktop is
> > still mostly a matter of personal preference. I don't see many
> > corporations rolling out Linux desktops, and fewer still requiring
> > helpdesk support for Linux desktops. The vast majority of admins,
> > therefore, are managing servers, and that's where LPI's efforts should
> > be focused, with low priority placed on multi-boot systems.
>
> I would agree with this view. Multi-boot, while interesting, has too
> many variants associated with it.
>
> Even when people use Linux on the desktop, they are, in my view, largely
> going to use one OS on the machine, and, except for the dedicated, will
> not use two operating systems.
>
> --
> Richard Sharpe, [EMAIL PROTECTED], LPIC-1
> www.samba.org, www.ethereal.com, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba
> in 24 Hours, Special Edition, Using Samba
>
> --
> This message was sent from the lpi-examdev mailing list.
> Send `unsubscribe lpi-examdev' in the subject to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> to leave the list.
>
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Eric Browne | phone: +61 8 8331 3022
Managing Director | fax: +61 8 8331 3044
Montage Systems | web: http://www.montagesystems.com.au
Level 1, 145 The Parade | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Norwood 5067, Australia | mobile: +61 414 925 845
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--
This message was sent from the lpi-examdev mailing list.
Send `unsubscribe lpi-examdev' in the subject to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
to leave the list.
