On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:32:33 -0800 ahpurdy <ahpu...@nethere.com> wrote:
> I am now operating with Windows XP. I would like to try Debian. I > wonder that if I purchased a a USB plug in hard disc, loaded Debian into > it, would I be able to select either XP or Debian. This would be a good > way to learn Debian I think. Is this possible or would XP reject it? There are various possible ways to do this, but the simplest might be to simply instruct the BIOS to first try to boot from the external disk, if present. The BIOS will (almost certainly) hand off control to the external linux installation before Windows is ever started, so there should be no problem, and you won't have to modify the Win installation at all. Yes, it's a good way to learn Debian. Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100308190010.cbce6e83.cele...@gmail.com
