One suggestion I have is that you get a removable hard drive tray and a spare drive container. This is one option I use. You can keep all of you testing stuff on one drive and a working OS on the other. I have found them for aroung $15 or less at the computer shows. Rusty Minden wrote: > Dorie (My Wife) has finally gotten her own computer. I am now resetting up > my computer as a dual hard drive and dual boot system. I am considering a > tripple boot system. I am going to need M$ for a class next semester and I > am considering using either VMWare to boot M$ from Linux (I have 384MB > SDRAM) or just doing a dual boot system. I am also considering setting up a > second Linux Partition for exparimentation. I have a habbit of playing with > things until they break and then attempting to fix them it is how I usually > learn, but I need to keep a working OS for normal uses. > > I will fdisk my hard drives and Format them and either reinstall M$ 98 and > then Linux on the two hard drives or use VMWare. Is their another Open > sorced solution to VMWare? > > hard Drive 1 6GB hard drive 2 15GB > I will use 3GB for Windows (Unless I use VMWare) > 10+GB for Linux the rest for experimentation on Second Linux Install. > > I am looking for suggestions on setting this up I am considering spending > the money for Partition Magic and Boot Magic, but I would prefer another > solution. Thanks in advace for the help with this. > > Rusty Minden > Scientia non est potentia, quae prologum potentia solidum est. > Knowledge is not power, but the prelude to power. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ......................................................... > iWon.com http://www.iwon.com why wouldn't you? > ......................................................... > > >
