Just a little input on the issue:
Grub is default with Progeny, and favored by some people of course.
A Linux sysadmin should definitely know how to set up a dual boot system
with a linux supplied bootmanager, probably Lilo, but could -I guess- be
either one.
No doubt about the need to master one of the two, I think.
At 05:38 PM 8/13/2001 +1000, tom wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>
>I have to agree with Eric, muli-booting is very important.
>
>We are developing some things on linux and depending what the developers are
>working on, they will either boot windows or linux. Some staff are even
>full-time linux users. Personally, I dual boot a laptop to either win98 or
>mandrake 8. So in my humble opinion, this will be very important for new
>sysadmins in the near future.
>
>On a side note, as I haven't really had time to follow the thread so far, how
>much importance is placed on setup/config of laptops? I've had mixed results
>getting new laptops to work with linux. It can be a blessing sometimes having
>some things as a PC card device, but thankfully support from vendors is
>getting better.
>
>Just my $0.02..
>
>Tom
>
>
> > 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.
> > >
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