where is the new meeting place?

[Charles Rishel]

I agree with some of what you are saying, but I have done dual boot for a 
LONG time, mostly as I couldn't always afford the additional drives.  I 
started with a 1.6GB hard drive running a compressed 1GB for Windows and 
.6GB for Linux.  Worked fine, but I did find out a VERY valuable lesson 
real early, Linux CANNOT read Windows compressed drives, I mounted it all 
up.. couldn't ready anything, so being a newbie I figured that I 'messed' 
something up.. so I rm -f 'd the mount point.. this is when I noticed the 
true power of Linux.. Linux can make Windows go away with one command, 
while Windows (even with lawyer's :-o ) can't make Linux go away LOL

(Yes a full Windows install was soon to follow, thank GOD I learned the 
value of boot disks before this issue, or it would have required a new 
install of Linux also.. which at the time, I did completely in parts off of 
the internet, Debian distro, in parts downloaded to Zip disk.  Took me 2 
weeks to get a working Xterm LOL.. but a boot disk saved my 'bacon' I 
booted Linux with the boot disk, reran lilo, as Windows overwrote the mbr, 
and I was in back in business.)

But I would still say that cleaning up some space on a Windows only hard 
drive for a Linux install is not overly difficult now with the tools 
available (ie partition magic, fips)

Chaz®



>Well I'd think you would agree that we should never assume that everyone is
>at the same level of experience and
>that there is more then one way to approach an installation. The best way to
>get someone on the right track is by showing them the easyest way. To assume
>a higher level of expertise like a systems admin or such would be at first
>meeting the person a little much. My opinion stated that there are different
>ways of installing XP and RedHat together and since we are trying to get
>people accustomed to linux, I thought the easyest way is the best approach.
>Yes you can install both OS's on the same drive, but some have said at
>meetings and through this list that instead of trying to get both to live
>with each other on the same hard drive its easyer to install them on
>different drives. (ie: any windows/linux installation) Which I do agree
>with, but that is just an opinion not carved in stone!
>
>Ron
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