Re: Of mice and men

That sounds like a really interesting arrangement, Donald.

Would you happen to have a link where I can get Mandrake?

Pete.

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"Donald Tees" <donald_tees@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Pete Dashwood wrote:
> >
> > It's just too risky for me at the moment. On Friday I have a session
> > scheduled with a local vendor to supply hardware to my spec. I'm looking
at
> > a notebook with 17in screen (built in video camera), P4 3+ GHz
processor,
> > 100GB HD (2 of these; one external for image copy), wireless and the
works.
> > I'll load XP Pro on it and MAY set up a dual boot partition with Linux.
(I
> > am also getting two other systems built for friends, so we should get a
> > reasonable deal...) Until I have that lot configured and working, and
have
> > transferred everything from the existing machine and backed it all up to
the
> > external hard drive on the new machine, I won't be installing anything
new,
> > anywhere... :-)
> >
>
> If you install XP first, then do a simple install of Mandriva (mandrake)
> Linux, it wll set the machine up for dual boot automatically. The only
> effect you should notice in XP is the disk will get a bit smaller due to
> Linux setting up a couple partions. I expect that other distributions
> will do the same, but have no personal experience with them.
>
> I have one system here that boots Linux, XPPro, Win98, & Win95. The only
> thing I use the Linux partition for is to backup the other three. Since
> Linux can see all three, but they cannot even see the Linbux partition,
> it is a bullet-proof backup method (as long as the HD keeps working<G>).
> It even backs up all the stuff Windows will *not* backup because of
> files being open, and restores them flawlessly.
>
> Once you set up Linux, then you can use it for mail and web access, and
> keep the mail settings in XP as they are ... funny but installing an
> extra OS seems to be less risky than changing the existing system to me.
> I've been installing Linux on my Win systems just for backup.
>
> Donald.
>



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