Re: Help Convert Me to Linux
From: Joseph David (david_at_frazmtn.com)
Date: 01/04/04
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Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 00:39:54 -0800
rotwang wrote:
>
> I hate MS. I want to run linux on my PC, dual booted with win2k or xp. Now
> what?
>
> I know my way around linux from using it on webservers for a few years
> now.
> Installing it I know nothing about. So I went to justlinux.com which has
> some help files that are kind of outdated, and points me in different
> directions.
>
> First question. My head is spinning, do I want to do: LILO? NUNI? PQBoot?
> or this thing:
> http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Booting_Your_OS
Multiple_OS_Booting_Without_LILO.html
> ?
> or something else? Do I have to worry about the 1024 sector problem still
> or is that all fixed by now?
>
> Second question: Will I be able to backout of this and get my Windows box
> back without having to repartition the drive and reinstall windows and all
> my apps from scratch? (Or "At what point during this will I not be able
> to backout...") That fear what stopped me from doing this for five years
> now.
>
> (Hey also does linux use dual procs and is there anything special I need
> to do to get it to see them both?)
If you use most modern distributions (e.g. SuSE, Mandrake, Redhat, etc.)
they will install a bootloader (LILO, GRUB, etc.) that will handle your
existing Windows partition as well as a new Linux partition. The
installation autodetects most hardware, including dual processors, I am
told. My experience has been favorable with the autodetection, however, I
do not have a dual processor machine to try it on, and I generally have
Linux friendly hardware. As for removing Linux... Why would you want to?
All kidding aside, I'll have to leave this topic for someone else, since
I've kept it on every computer I've installed it on. (I have changed
distributions or versions, though, which only requires installing on top of
the old one). Your Windows system should still be available to you in a
dual boot configuration allowing you to select which OS you boot into. As
to your question about not being able to back out? When you become hooked
on Linux as many of us are... That's the point at which you will not be
able to back out.
Good Luck in your endeavor!
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