Re: [Dorset] Suse First, Vista second

2009-03-10 Thread David Crawford
my h'apporth into the mix, for what it's worth ~ if Wind-ohs has overwritten the MBR (which, in my experience, is pretty certain...), then it can be reclaimed by using 'supergrubdisk'. I have found it an absolutely invaluable tool. David Crawford. (.unfortunately Windohs is a fact

Re: [Dorset] Suse First, Vista second - what I did.

2009-03-10 Thread Peter Merchant
On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 15:56 +, Mark Elkins wrote: By far the easiest and laziest way is to create a partition using the tools that come with Vista and then install the Linux Distro. However if your pc or laptop has no Operating System why bother with Vista? Surely just install Linux.

Re: [Dorset] Centralised management; tools and mechanisms

2009-03-10 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Nathan, Another handy feature is that the Active Directory server can add the hostname of a computer that joins the domain to a DNS server, so anybody using that DNS server can reference the box by name. So, in our office, nbaum.c4l.local resolves to my Windows VM's address, whilst it's

Re: [Dorset] Centralised management; tools and mechanisms

2009-03-10 Thread Nathan Baum
-Original Message- From: dorset-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:dorset- boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Ralph Corderoy Sent: 10 March 2009 20:00 To: Dorset Linux User Group Subject: Re: [Dorset] Centralised management; tools and mechanisms Hi Nathan, Another