even more fun is using VMware and running two (or more) OSs on the same box at the same time.
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0800 "John Doucette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dual boot is ok. But you may want to look into getting an used computer > somewhere and doing Window on one box and Linux on the other. I found dual > boot to be a royal pain in the butt and, in contrast, have had a lot of fun > networking Windows and Linux computers. Having two operating systems > networked together and both up at the same time has been more than twice as > much fun. > > John > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Laxague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 1:32 PM > Subject: [RLUG] dual OS question > > > > > > First, I want to apologize for missing the past few meetings. I'm taking > a class at WNCC that meets thursday nights, but it is only an 8 week course, > so I should be returning soon. :) > > > > Next, I have a question about putting Win 2000 and Red Hat 8.0 on the same > box. Unfortunately, due to the network set up at work I'm forced to use MS > office for making work documents, presentations, etc, so I have to have > windows in some form at home. I wanted to give Red Hat 8.0 a test run, so I > was wondering what the best method of running both in one box would be. I > was considering using partition magic to make three partitions... one data, > one win, and one linux. But, I was also looking at a new option... using > removeable hard drives instead. Put Win 2000 on a removeable, Red Hat on a > removeable, and leaving a data hard drive in the box. What do you guys > think? > > > > > > > > -Mike > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
