On Thursday 17 September 2009 04:50:31 am Barbara Tobias wrote: > I am using Linux, Ubuntu 9.04. > > When I first started using Linux (about the first of this year), I set > up a dual boot system. For a few months it worked quite well, but > something happened (I have not been able to determine what) and I could > no longer access Windows. > > I am considering reformatting the disk and reinstalling both Windows and > Linux, but fear I would be recreating the same problems. Has anyone had > success running a dual boot system for an extended period? > > My only reason for still wanting Windows is that there are three > programs that I have not been able to find good substitutes for: > > Quicken (to be able to download transactions from my bank > weekly) > Street Atlas (for planning trips and working with GPS) > Photoshop (for heavy-duty photo manipulation) > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Barbara > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > As mentioned above I replaced Photoshop with GIMP and have no regrets. I use KMyMoney to replace Quicken and MS Money which is no longer an MS product. It has the ability to download from banks.
As for the dual boot, I've dual booted Win XP from 1999 to 2years ago. I now dual boot openSUSE 11.1 (production) and 11.2 (testing) until release in November,2009. Only problem I had was when i used LILO, switched to Grub 5 years ago and have dual booted since, actual for a while I had a triple boot. I now run win XP on Sun's VirtualBox under openSUSE 11.1. All is working. Only reason I keep XP around is to support my wife's system when she has issues and for TurboTax. Which i use for a couple of days once a year). It runs fine under XP VirtualBox guest. Not sure why your have issues with Ubunto. I tried Sabayon (branch of Ubunto) and it worked dual booting under openSUSE. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
