I work in IT supporting Windows (shudder the thought), however prefer Linux. I couldn't stand rebooting between OS' all the time so installed Virtualbox with a Windows virtual image and support them with using this but keep myself happy that it is all on a Linux box.
I hope this helps. Virtualbox is available from Virtualbox.org (I think) and is a great tool. James ---------------------------------------- > Subject: Re: Fw: Dual Booting -Toggle between O/Systems > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 11:38:40 +1100 > CC: [email protected] > > Dave, > > I don't know about an easy way to change between windows and linux via > some type of key-stroke. I think you'd have to shut windows down and > reboot into ubuntu. > > In my own experience, I bought a KVM and ran two machines, one keyboard, > one mouse and one screen, but two computers. It was then easy to change > between machines and hence OS's with just two key pushes. I found that > I was able to save documents on the windows machine in its shared > folders and access them from Ubuntu and also save them back to Windows. > Now, after 12 months, I have a dual boot machine and have not had to > access Windows XP in about two months. > > I hope that helps. > > Greg. > > On Sat, 2008-01-05 at 06:55 +1100, The Wassermans wrote: >> >> >> The journey onto Ubuntu has begun . . . . . >> >> I have successfully loaded a Dual Boot on a test machine. i.e. >> Windows and Ubuntu. So I now know what to expect when loading DB to >> my primary machine. >> >> The objective is to slowly migrate from Windows to Ubuntu. I want to >> achieve is a situation where I can simply toggle between the two >> systems - depending on what application I might be working with at any >> time. In so doing I hope to ween myself (& my wife who is not very PC >> literate) onto Ubuntu totally. So, in my minds eye, I want to log >> onto Windows by default (so that my wife is not confronted with >> anything unusual when she logs on) but have the ability to toggle >> into Ubuntu on the fly for my own purposes. >> >> Windows by default I can manage. I would like some pointers on: >> >> 1. How to create a toggle? >> 2. Share or access data files seamlessly between the systems? >> >> I do have access to a couple of spare PC's so I guess there are other >> alternatives. But, ideally I am looking for a solution where we sit >> at one terminal with one data base shared by the two systems. >> >> 3. Is networking a better solution for me? >> 4. When installing Ubuntu, it offers to migrate existing Windows >> data "yes/no" in the process. What happens in that case? >> >> In gratitude, >> Dave W > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
