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INTELCRAZY

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Could I put in an 80Gb SATA HDD, use one half for Ubuntu and the other for Xandros without damaging Windows on my 250Gb HDD?

Would there be any problems?

Thanks
 
There should be no problems at all. Just take your time and make sure that when it come time to create your partitions for Linux on the 80GB that you do not format the 250GB.

Now a couple things you might want to know:

GRUB, the Linux boot loader is very nice about letting Windows stay around on the same system (Windows is not as kind), so it's best if Windows is already installed when you go to put on the Linux distro's.

Your 2 Linux installations can share the same swap partition, so you don't need to make 2. When you go to install the second distribution, just point it to the original swap.

If you decide to mount your /home directory on it's own partition (which is recommended if you want to keep your user data and settings safe), you will probably not want to share the same /home partition between distributions as each time you boot into one or the other settings will be changed and it could get frustrating or confusing at the least.

What I do is I have 1 /home directory on it's own partition that gets mounted with my Ubuntu install, and when I have important things I've done in Fedora I copy those file to the separate partition as needed.

Hope this helps
 
munkyeetr said:
There should be no problems at all. Just take your time and make sure that when it come time to create your partitions for Linux on the 80GB that you do not format the 250GB.

Now a couple things you might want to know:

GRUB, the Linux boot loader is very nice about letting Windows stay around on the same system (Windows is not as kind), so it's best if Windows is already installed when you go to put on the Linux distro's.

Your 2 Linux installations can share the same swap partition, so you don't need to make 2. When you go to install the second distribution, just point it to the original swap.

If you decide to mount your /home directory on it's own partition (which is recommended if you want to keep your user data and settings safe), you will probably not want to share the same /home partition between distributions as each time you boot into one or the other settings will be changed and it could get frustrating or confusing at the least.

What I do is I have 1 /home directory on it's own partition that gets mounted with my Ubuntu install, and when I have important things I've done in Fedora I copy those file to the separate partition as needed.

Hope this helps
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What is the swap partition and /home?
 
To use Linux, two partitions are required - swap (which acts like a pagefile in windows) and / (which is the root of your directory tree (like c: in Windows)

EDIT: Swap is not actually required, but it is a good idea to have

I just quickly google "Linux partitions" and found: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/requirements.html

Now, you can also mount some other parts of your directory tree on their own partitions. /home is a good example because it would create a seperate partition to hold your personal data. If anything goes wrong with your Linux system, you can reinstall Linux (or even install another distribution) and as long as you do not format the partition containing /home, you will retain all your data and user settings.
 
munkyeetr said:
To use Linux, two partitions are required - swap (which acts like a pagefile in windows) and / (which is the root of your directory tree (like c: in Windows)

EDIT: Swap is not actually required, but it is a good idea to have

I just quickly google "Linux partitions" and found: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/requirements.html

Now, you can also mount some other parts of your directory tree on their own partitions. /home is a good example because it would create a seperate partition to hold your personal data. If anything goes wrong with your Linux system, you can reinstall Linux (or even install another distribution) and as long as you do not format the partition containing /home, you will retain all your data and user settings.
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About like a system restore?
 
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/linuxdir.html

Here is how the file structure of linux works, its called the tree.

You can choose to run you /home directory on a second partition if you want your personal data separate from your root (the OS and applications).

Grub is a boot loader, but due note if you take off the linux installations you will need to kill your boot sector because grub lives there. fdisk /mbr does the trick.
 
INTELCRAZY said:
Linux installations?

Could I get Ubuntu to run Yahoo Messenger?

http://messenger.yahoo.com/unix.php
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yes, but it looks like it will be easiest to run off a red hat distro since the installers are in rpm packages.

It says it runs under debian so you can also download the .deb package as well


that will be easiest way to install them, so just make sure you run either a debian based distro or red hat based distro
 
tlarkin said:
yes, but it looks like it will be easiest to run off a red hat distro since the installers are in rpm packages.

It says it runs under debian so you can also download the .deb package as well


that will be easiest way to install them, so just make sure you run either a debian based distro or red hat based distro
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Would it work in Ubuntu? If so, what exactly does the Distro do and how does it work?


Thanks
 
you got two threads that are almost the same thing......confusing

yes you should check out distro watch

http://distrowatch.com/

ubuntu is a bastard child of debian linux, so yes anything with a DEB package will install easily onto the system.
 
tlarkin said:
you got two threads that are almost the same thing......confusing

yes you should check out distro watch

http://distrowatch.com/

ubuntu is a bastard child of debian linux, so yes anything with a DEB package will install easily onto the system.
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Yeah, I know, one thread I was wondering if Ubuntu would screw with Windows and wanting to install on my PC, so I can learn about it. The other thread is supposed to be about it being simplified for someone. I know I got'em mixed.

I like that PCLinux OS, is that a pretty compatible OS and simple. Will check email, use Yahoo msg, and jump a few word documents?


Thanks
 
compatible how so?

Linux can do pretty much everything windows can with the exception of gaming and some other apps (like quick books) but there are Linux alternatives to surf the web, chat with friends, use email and office etc
 
tlarkin said:
compatible how so?

Linux can do pretty much everything windows can with the exception of gaming and some other apps (like quick books) but there are Linux alternatives to surf the web, chat with friends, use email and office etc
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All I basically need this Linux pc to do, work with a computer illiterate person, check Yahoo email, run yahoo msg.


Thanks guys
 
INTELCRAZY said:
All I basically need this Linux pc to do, work with a computer illiterate person, check Yahoo email, run yahoo msg.

Thanks guys
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Just get Knoppix or Lindows. I think you can download a bootable Knoppix cd somewhere, just google it. Its really nice, with Knoppix you can check your mail, go on the internet and even watch movies on low end systems because its very efficient. I can watch movies on a P2 which will lag if windows was loaded on.
 
elitehacker said:
Just get Knoppix or Lindows. I think you can download a bootable Knoppix cd somewhere, just google it. Its really nice, with Knoppix you can check your mail, go on the internet and even watch movies on low end systems because its very efficient. I can watch movies on a P2 which will lag if windows was loaded on.
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Just plz tell me I can use Yahoo Msg'er?


Thanks
 
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