Re: Debian Linux Compatability
Hi,
* Claudio Bley <bley@cs.uni-magdeburg.de> [021015 00:34]:
> On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 16:50, Nick Hastings wrote:
> >
> > 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.
Oops, I stand corrected.
>
> > 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 ...
I'm wrong again! I'll have to take this as a lesson well learnt. I
shouldn't post info on topics I know little about... ohh well if I've
gotta be ignorant about something, I'm happy that its this :-).
Nick.
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Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002
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