Re: Debian Linux Compatability
On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 16:50, Nick Hastings wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> * Marcus Bendall <marcus@bendall.net> [021014 16:11]:
> > I am considering using Debian Linux, but I have one question. Can you
> > install Debian onto a computer running Windows 98, and keep 98 as the
> > main OS so that it automatically runs on startup, and then run Debian if
> > I want from Windows?
>
> As other posters have stated, you can install and run either. More
> specifically you can _boot_ to either. You can not "run Debian _from_
> Windows."
Well, you can use loadlin to fire up Linux (Debian) from Windows without
rebooting. I set up my father's machine like that.
> This is a very important distinction. You have to shutdown Windows and
> then boot to Debian. However it is possible to run Windows from Debian.
> To do this you need to use some sort of virtual machine like VMware, but
> I guess this is going a little bit further than what you want.
You can also do this the other way round. Installing Linux as a guest OS
under Windows. But personally I wouldn't do so because if Windows
crashes (which it does from time to time :-|) it also shuts down your
linux OS. So, Linux would be just as stable as Windows ...
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