disturbed Posted August 9, 2006 CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 .....I will soon be, again, installing linux on my computer and I am wondering whether there are people on this forum who are interested to do the same but they might have 2nd thoughts because it might seem complex i am willing to do a detailed writeup on this if there is a good number of people interested - also, if you are interested, please state which distribution of linux you are interested in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAINMAKA Posted August 9, 2006 CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 i would definitely like a guide through setting up a dual boot system. i have only tried knoppix but am open to other distributions of linux if people feel there is a better one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amc11890 Posted August 9, 2006 CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 sounds like a good idea, it would be a good add for the guide section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted August 9, 2006 CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 Great idea, disturbed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 9, 2006 CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 this would be great for a guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted August 9, 2006 Author CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 i guess i might as well just do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 9, 2006 CID Share Posted August 9, 2006 any distro will work.. since 99% of it is the same.. The tricky part is the partition of the hard drive.. This would make a good guide.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted August 10, 2006 CID Share Posted August 10, 2006 any distro will work.. since 99% of it is the same.. The tricky part is the partition of the hard drive.. This would make a good guide.. Enter: Partition Magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted August 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted August 10, 2006 i will make the guide work along with free/easy to use software - i personally use partition magic, but not a lot of people have access to it - so I will most likely use rescue disc or something similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallowEarth Posted August 10, 2006 CID Share Posted August 10, 2006 i will make the guide work along with free/easy to use software - i personally use partition magic, but not a lot of people have access to it - so I will most likely use rescue disc or something similar Cool. I'll take a look around for some free/trial partitioning software/disk utility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 10, 2006 CID Share Posted August 10, 2006 I know there is a linux boot cd that operates exactly like partition magic.. just need to remember the name.. and it is free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted August 10, 2006 CID Share Posted August 10, 2006 i want to give a try to the new unbunto i think its really easy to install i only ran the old version on a live cd got to try it out but yeah would be cool to have a guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted August 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted August 10, 2006 im personally leaning towards gentoo - or i might even do gentoo and something else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 10, 2006 CID Share Posted August 10, 2006 how about that and fedora core or debian... Debian is a huge iso like 14 disks but it is pretty popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted August 10, 2006 CID Share Posted August 10, 2006 You don't have to get the full 14 disks... otherwise there's no way I would have managed to get it on DWay... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted August 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted August 10, 2006 never tried debian before.....is it good ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 10, 2006 CID Share Posted August 10, 2006 very stable... the upgrades are really easy to do also.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 10, 2006 CID Share Posted August 10, 2006 never tried debian before.....is it good ? very good, very easy its one of the best distros of linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted August 12, 2006 CID Share Posted August 12, 2006 fandora ans alinux all the way and cant forget slax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted August 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted August 12, 2006 fandora = fedora ? right lol alinux = too much like windows xp .... i dont like it much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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