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    Dual-booting XP and Linux

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by ilragazzo, Sep 17, 2007.

  1. ilragazzo

    ilragazzo Newbie

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    Hello,

    I am new to the community. My on-line handle is ilragazzo. I look forward to collaborating with fellow VAIO-users out there.

    I need to learn how to use Linux for work. I have a Sony VAIO VGN FS-790 and am interested in dual-booting Linux and Windows XP for sake of software compatability, because I have a lot of useful software for XP.

    Right now, I am toying out emulators like VMWare, Virtual PC 2007, VirtualBox, among others that emulate server environments. However, I have realized that there are limitations and drawbacks.

    Would anyone have any suggestions as to how to go about this situation? I'm not sure how dual-booting goes, if it requires distribution-specific settings, etc. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

    Il Ragazzo
     
    ilragazzo, Sep 17, 2007
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  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Here's a great giude on any kind of dual-booting.
     
    Thomas, Sep 17, 2007
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  3. mattireland

    mattireland It used to be the iLand..

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    mattireland, Sep 17, 2007
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  4. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    He has mattireland & he wants to dualboot so the giude i linked would be good.
     
    Thomas, Sep 17, 2007
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  5. LIVEFRMNYC

    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    Hey you can also try Wubi. It's the closest thing to having Ubuntu on a Separate Partition and their are no limitations and with using a Virtual Machine or Live CD.

    I highly recommend trying this out, and you can put it in any existing partition & simply delete it via Windows Program delete.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Sep 17, 2007
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  6. mattireland

    mattireland It used to be the iLand..

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    Oh sorry. Appologies. I hadn't read it properly. That guide is very good.
     
    mattireland, Sep 17, 2007
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