[techtalk] Linux - Windows System

[Patrick Ouellet]

Just a little thing here...
Why do you say you must reinstall Suse when you reinstall windows...
this can be done without re-installing Linux..

Corrrect me if Im wrong but all you need is a linux boot disk.
Once you have re-installed windoze, it always without any kind of warning
remplace your boot sector, so you boot with your bootdisk
then issue the lilo command and lilo is re-installed as it was before...

And for your question Liese:
I diffenetly suggest a dual boot...
Wine and VMWare wont do any good for games.

Another thing, I wouldn't suggest win2k... as it is new
and also full of good ol' M$ bugs...

My setup is this.
Fujitsu 6.4 Gig == Windows
WD 6.4 gig == Linux
20gig data for the two of em'

I use HD Tray for switching between my linux and windows...
so each of them have their own boot sector...

Have fun with Baldur's Gates...
( also one of my favorites )

WolfRyder wrote:

> I just bought another HD and that's what houses my win product. The NT
> want's to be "main boot HD" so I let it because LILO still asks which OS
> you want to boot into. The default is Linux.
>
> HDs aren't really expensive anymore so $150 did the trick for a 20GB
> 7200RPM speed.
>
> Also, that way, when windows destroys itself and needs reinstalling I don't
> have to also reinstall my SuSE.
>
> Carol
>
> At 11:45 PM 2/27/01 +0100, rottie at pandora.be wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I've been using linux for 1.5 years now and it has completely replaced my
> >windows desktop.. but..
> >after 1.5 years i'm really anxious to play Baldors Gate again (and
> >discworld noir, and heroes of m&m, ...)
> >and since I'm doing a major upgrade (P200MMX->AMD A-900) anyway I'm
> >thinking of installing W2K as well..
> >
> >So my question is what's the best tactic ?
> >
> >- with dual boot (on a second HD) but i don't like rebooting a lot
> >- use vmwarez (wont this be too slow for games?)
> >- use wine (is that suitable for gaming purposes? or also too slow?)
> >Using a second pc is silly becoz i only need windows for gaming purposes.
> >
> >Second question : Has anybody got experience with the Guillemot/Hercules
> >Cougar Video Edition card? This is a 2D/3D video card which also includes
> >a s/video IN to watch tv on the pc.. I know that the video part is
> >supported on linux but i was wondering about the tv input part..
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Liese..
> >
> >
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