Re: dual-booting with debian

2002-10-29 Thread Rhodri
--- Eduard Bloch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > #include > * Charles Thomas Harris [Sun, Oct 27 2002, > 01:28:24PM]: > > like to dual boot the machine with debian. The > linux boxes I > > maintain are devoted to linux, so I'm not too > familiar with dual > > booting. Where can I find the necessar

Re: dual-booting with debian

2002-10-29 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Charles Thomas Harris [Sun, Oct 27 2002, 01:28:24PM]: > like to dual boot the machine with debian. The linux boxes I > maintain are devoted to linux, so I'm not too familiar with dual > booting. Where can I find the necessary documentation for this task? > > I appreciate any help you

Re: dual-booting with debian

2002-10-28 Thread jerry k
Matt wrote: > I have done this on several machines. > > By far the easiest is to erase everything from the machine and start from > scratch. > > Then, install w2k. Do not use the whole drive though, but how big a > partition to make, will be dependant on how big your drive is and what you > will b

RE: dual-booting with debian

2002-10-27 Thread Joyce, Matthew
broadfoot [mailto:ibroadfo@;cis.strath.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, 28 October 2002 12:10 PM To: Joyce, Matthew Cc: 'Greg C. Madden'; debian-user Subject: Re: dual-booting with debian > On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 14:24, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > >>I have done this on several machines. >> >&

Re: dual-booting with debian

2002-10-27 Thread Shawn Lamson
--- Charles Thomas Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I currently use redhat linux, but I am interested in trying debian > linux. > I am a graduate student and have recently purchased a laptop with > Windows 2000, which I need for research applications. However, I > would > like to dual boot the

Re: dual-booting with debian

2002-10-27 Thread iain d broadfoot
On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 14:24, Joyce, Matthew wrote: I have done this on several machines. By far the easiest is to erase everything from the machine and start from scratch. This is a good aproach except when all you have is a recovery disk. I don't kow how many..but.. all the laptops I looked

RE: dual-booting with debian

2002-10-27 Thread Joyce, Matthew
Sent: Monday, 28 October 2002 11:01 AM To: debian-user Subject: RE: dual-booting with debian On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 14:24, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > I have done this on several machines. > > By far the easiest is to erase everything from the machine and start > from scratch. This is a go

RE: dual-booting with debian

2002-10-27 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 14:24, Joyce, Matthew wrote: > I have done this on several machines. > > By far the easiest is to erase everything from the machine and start from > scratch. This is a good aproach except when all you have is a recovery disk. I don't kow how many..but.. all the laptops I loo

RE: dual-booting with debian

2002-10-27 Thread Joyce, Matthew
I have done this on several machines. By far the easiest is to erase everything from the machine and start from scratch. Then, install w2k. Do not use the whole drive though, but how big a partition to make, will be dependant on how big your drive is and what you will be using the two OSs for.

Re: dual-booting with debian

2002-10-27 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 27 October 2002 6:28 pm, Charles Thomas Harris wrote: > I currently use redhat linux, but I am interested in trying debian linux. > I am a graduate student and have recently purchased a laptop with > Windows 2000, which I need for research ap