where is the new meeting place?
Cyber Source
peter at thecybersource.com
Fri Apr 12 23:11:48 EDT 2002
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If you can answer all there windows/uses with linux/uses, they will march on over. I've got about 20 of my clients converted to date and counting...........
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On Fri, 2002-04-12 at 22:35, Tom Morgan wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>just my .02... I am dual booting one hard drive. Win2k and Mandrake 8.2.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Before I put Mandrake on it I did have RedHat 7.2. Both worked fine however</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>I do wish I had put them on separate drives. If only I could get the rest of</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>my family off of winblows....</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Tom</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org]On Behalf Of</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Todd Wirth</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 6:54 PM</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>To: nflug at nflug.org</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Subject: RE: where is the new meeting place?</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > Its also much easyer to install with two drives.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> > ie: one for XP and the other for RedHat. By the way which version of</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>RedHat</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> Why would you say that? I find installing different OS's on 1 drive just</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> as easy as on 2 separate drives.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>> What exactly do you find difficult about it?</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Well I'd think you would agree that we should never assume that everyone is</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>at the same level of experience and</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>that there is more then one way to approach an installation. The best way to</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>get someone on the right track is by showing them the easyest way. To assume</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>a higher level of expertise like a systems admin or such would be at first</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>meeting the person a little much. My opinion stated that there are different</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>ways of installing XP and RedHat together and since we are trying to get</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>people accustomed to linux, I thought the easyest way is the best approach.</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Yes you can install both OS's on the same drive, but some have said at</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>meetings and through this list that instead of trying to get both to live</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>with each other on the same hard drive its easyer to install them on</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>different drives. (ie: any windows/linux installation) Which I do agree</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>with, but that is just an opinion not carved in stone!</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Ron</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>Good point Ron. I am also not intimidated by installing on one drive, but I</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>hate the thought of partitioningone large drive for the reason that I</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>someday may want more space. Installing on two drives is not only easier but</FONT></FONT></I>
<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>also safer IMO. I don't trust MS on my Linux drive. ;)</FONT></FONT></I>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373"><FONT SIZE="3"><I>-- Todd</FONT></FONT></I>
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