RedHat Linux 7.1 + M$ Windows 2000
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Hello, I'm *sure* this is going to spark a whole 'nother p*ssing and moaning contest with "mine is bigger than yours" as to Windows vs. Linux... And to be honest, I'm pretty much on the Windows side :p But, I believe in using whatever it is I need to get stuff done, and so recently bought a copy of Red Hat Linux 7.1. I have a laptop with Windwos 2000 Professional on it, and I want to dual-boot it with Win2k and Linux. Is such possible?? Has anyone made this work?
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Hello, I'm *sure* this is going to spark a whole 'nother p*ssing and moaning contest with "mine is bigger than yours" as to Windows vs. Linux... And to be honest, I'm pretty much on the Windows side :p But, I believe in using whatever it is I need to get stuff done, and so recently bought a copy of Red Hat Linux 7.1. I have a laptop with Windwos 2000 Professional on it, and I want to dual-boot it with Win2k and Linux. Is such possible?? Has anyone made this work?
I'm dual booting Windows 2000 and Linux Slackware 7.1, although on a Desktop pc, not a laptop. I did have a bit of trouble with the setup overwriting the W2k choice in the initial boot selection menu so that I couldn't boot W2k though, so I had to wipe the machine and then re-install, then I decided not to do that again, and just boot from a floppy disk kernel image. Obviously, as you're installing it on a laptop, I don't think you'll have both CD-ROM and floppy drive (don't know what you need), you you will probably want to configure it in the boot selection menu, but yes, I don't see why it wouldn't be possible on laptop. Hope this helps, Peter Pearson
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Hello, I'm *sure* this is going to spark a whole 'nother p*ssing and moaning contest with "mine is bigger than yours" as to Windows vs. Linux... And to be honest, I'm pretty much on the Windows side :p But, I believe in using whatever it is I need to get stuff done, and so recently bought a copy of Red Hat Linux 7.1. I have a laptop with Windwos 2000 Professional on it, and I want to dual-boot it with Win2k and Linux. Is such possible?? Has anyone made this work?
It is, but you must have free space available for Linux. The best way to set it up is to install Win2K first, and then Linux (Fresh install of Win2K, do not resize an NTFS partition!). Once you have Win2K installed the Linux installation should 'recognize' the windows partition as such and mount it apropriately. It took me a few time to get it right... I've tried Mandrake, Corel, Red Hat and TurboLinux in this maner. They all work great for me. Have a good one, -Ben "Its funny when you stop doing things not because they’re wrong, but because you might get caught." - Unknown
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Hello, I'm *sure* this is going to spark a whole 'nother p*ssing and moaning contest with "mine is bigger than yours" as to Windows vs. Linux... And to be honest, I'm pretty much on the Windows side :p But, I believe in using whatever it is I need to get stuff done, and so recently bought a copy of Red Hat Linux 7.1. I have a laptop with Windwos 2000 Professional on it, and I want to dual-boot it with Win2k and Linux. Is such possible?? Has anyone made this work?
Hello, the codegurus around the world.;) I did 4 boots of OS among Win95, WinNT, WinNT Server, and RedHat Linux 6.2. I am never done for Windows 2000, but I think that this is possible. In fact, I got RedHat Linux 7.0, but I heard that RedHat put Kernel 2.4? version for 7.1.:(( This is like Microsoft... :mad: I have to review how to install RedHat to Window NT box, and if I have a time?, I might show some URL for reference, but I'm not sure.:confused: Have a nice day! -Masaaki Onishi-
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Hello, I'm *sure* this is going to spark a whole 'nother p*ssing and moaning contest with "mine is bigger than yours" as to Windows vs. Linux... And to be honest, I'm pretty much on the Windows side :p But, I believe in using whatever it is I need to get stuff done, and so recently bought a copy of Red Hat Linux 7.1. I have a laptop with Windwos 2000 Professional on it, and I want to dual-boot it with Win2k and Linux. Is such possible?? Has anyone made this work?
Have you considered VMWare from www.vmware.com - I use this a lot, it is fantastic software.
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Have you considered VMWare from www.vmware.com - I use this a lot, it is fantastic software.
It's worth considering, but I've found it quite slow when I've tried it, but to be honest, I didn't play with it much, so it could have just needed configuring. Cheers, Peter
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It's worth considering, but I've found it quite slow when I've tried it, but to be honest, I didn't play with it much, so it could have just needed configuring. Cheers, Peter
I think the trick is to give LINUX 64MB or (better) 96MB. On a 366MHz SONY laptop performance was acceptable - not fantastic, but acceptable. Simon
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Hello, I'm *sure* this is going to spark a whole 'nother p*ssing and moaning contest with "mine is bigger than yours" as to Windows vs. Linux... And to be honest, I'm pretty much on the Windows side :p But, I believe in using whatever it is I need to get stuff done, and so recently bought a copy of Red Hat Linux 7.1. I have a laptop with Windwos 2000 Professional on it, and I want to dual-boot it with Win2k and Linux. Is such possible?? Has anyone made this work?
Yep, sure can - that's what I do (or what I did before ditching Win2K and using VMWare instead!). Install Win2K and leave enough free space for Linux (Suse in my case). Remember Linux needs at least twice the size of your RAM for swap space (ie 256Mb RAM=512Mb swap partition). What I then did was install Linux in the free space and install LILO in the MBR and use that instead of Win2K's loader. Works a treat. When I upgraded to Suse 7.1 though I just binned Win2K and used VMWare instead.
