Hi, * Claudio Bley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021015 00:34]: > On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 16:50, Nick Hastings wrote: > > > > As other posters have stated, you can install and run either. More > > specifically you can _boot_ to either. You can not "run Debian _from_ > > Windows." > > Well, you can use loadlin to fire up Linux (Debian) from Windows without > rebooting. I set up my father's machine like that.
Oops, I stand corrected. > > > This is a very important distinction. You have to shutdown Windows and > > then boot to Debian. However it is possible to run Windows from Debian. > > To do this you need to use some sort of virtual machine like VMware, but > > I guess this is going a little bit further than what you want. > > You can also do this the other way round. Installing Linux as a guest OS > under Windows. But personally I wouldn't do so because if Windows > crashes (which it does from time to time :-|) it also shuts down your > linux OS. So, Linux would be just as stable as Windows ... I'm wrong again! I'll have to take this as a lesson well learnt. I shouldn't post info on topics I know little about... ohh well if I've gotta be ignorant about something, I'm happy that its this :-). Nick. -- Debian unstable/experimental Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
