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Doug G
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 Posted - 02 June 2004 : 21:10:06
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I'm sorry to hear the recovery hit some speed bumps :)
Might I recommend you get an older computer from ebay maybe and use it to install linux rather than dual-booting.
If you get a PIII-500 it will be marginally adequate for playing around. You can switch your monitor from box to box.
For a linux server (no GUI) I picked up an older IBM PII for about $20.00 off ebay.
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seahorse
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 02 June 2004 : 22:19:12
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The last time I tried to install a dual boot Linux/Windows on my PC it ate the hard drive too. That was 4 years ago and I haven't been back since.  |
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 03 June 2004 : 05:32:52
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If you just want to play around with Linux a little I'd highly recommend you just start off with Knoppix. It's boots from a CD and doesn't require installing physically on a hard drive, so your Windows isn't touched at all.
http://www.knoppix.org/ |
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sr_erick
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 03 June 2004 : 08:19:29
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| I've used knoppix before to save data that windows couldn't get to. Just created a samba share and transfered the data over. Worked like a charm. |
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
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Posted - 03 June 2004 : 08:36:39
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| Ditto, but I didn't even do the samba share, just copied directly off my deadish (as in non-booting but perfectly readable) XP drive onto another network drive. |
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Alfred
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 03 June 2004 : 13:42:58
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So you were playing with SuSe at the time ?
Yes, Gremlin, it was SuSe 9.1. Looked pretty good while we were friends. |
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Alfred
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 03 June 2004 : 13:50:08
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Originally posted by Doug G
I'm sorry to hear the recovery hit some speed bumps :)
Might I recommend you get an older computer from ebay maybe and use it to install linux rather than dual-booting.
If you get a PIII-500 it will be marginally adequate for playing around. You can switch your monitor from box to box.
For a linux server (no GUI) I picked up an older IBM PII for about $20.00 off ebay.
That would be more fun for $20 than you can get at Tivoli these days! 
I actually did use my ols 800Mhz Dell at first, but when SuSe didn't recognize it's dial-up modem I decided to try it on my machine, but couldn't get the DSL configured either before running into trouble with XP.
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 03 June 2004 : 14:56:47
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Linux doesn't readily identify all your hardware, like Windows does. Most times you will have to download drivers for them.
And when using linux, forget the 'ease of use' you get when using Windows. Linux hasn't reached that stage yet when you don't have to do much to get a piece of hardware working, finding the different drives, etc. |
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
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Posted - 03 June 2004 : 16:56:41
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As Gremlin said, Alfred, Knoppix is what you're after. It does a VERY good job at detecting all hardware and if you want to go for a hard drive install it can do that as well. Making Linux & Windows "play nice" together isn't too hard, but it will bite you if done the wrong way as you've seen  |
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seven
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 03 June 2004 : 17:56:04
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My recent data losses taught me a valuable lesson.... backup, backup, backup, backup, backup, backup!
I now have at least 3 different methods and locations that I backup to as well as a once a month archive I keep outside of my house... (I am in a prime hurricane target area).
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
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Posted - 03 June 2004 : 18:56:22
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With Knoppix you can only "look" at linux.
If you want to play with linux, install programs, make scripts, and generally break your installation a few times as part of the learning process, you'll need a regular linux distro installed on a disk.
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 03 June 2004 : 23:20:21
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| Technically yes it's look only, however you can run mySQL DB's and do all kinds of other things whilst still just booting from the CD, if your wanting too you can even custom build your own knoppix CD with different aps on it etc. Knoppix will just use your RAM as a harddrive, so theres still pleanty of ways to "play" with it without breaking your windows Disk partitions or touching your hard drive data. |
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Doug G
Support Moderator
USA
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Posted - 03 June 2004 : 23:37:26
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I feel "restricted" if I don't have a box to play with where I can download and compile grub and totally screw up all my partitions
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
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Posted - 04 June 2004 : 00:29:51
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| For sure I know what ya mean, but in Alfreds case I don't think he'll be doing any kernel recompiles or anything like that for a wee while yet :) |
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Alfred
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 04 June 2004 : 13:13:47
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Gremlin is sure right with the "kernel recompiles", since I don't even know what a bloody *kernel* is! Military rank?
But - if anyone thinks I am discouraged by all this he would be wrong. As soon as I find that $20 Ebay box I'm gonna be right back at Linux! And Knoppix - Schnoppix! It'll be SuSe!  |
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