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Article #2485Re: Is it possible?
From: Julian Bailey
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 00:00
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Best solution to this problem is to get hold of Partition Magic, it will repartition your hard drive without you having to destroy stuff that is already there. Then using Boot Magic you can dual boot the system henry <mrbafner@ozlinx.com.au> wrote in message news:4Cs44.128$eF6.5755@nsw.nnrp.telstra.net... > Is it possible to settup linux under a windows environment on the same > machine without formatting. > > I have an extra 2.5 gigabytes on D drive. I do not know the fundamentals of > linux at this stage, but I do wish to learn linux. I nearly underastand the > full implications of the windows environment, but who really can understand > windows fully. I wish to learn linux. > > Without undoing all the hard work I have put into this terminal, is there a > way of setting linux up without stuffing around with C: drive? > > I mainly use the windows environment for video manipulation, graphic > animations and similar stuff. I have been using wingate for a good period of > time now, and have found some limitations on the client machine. I have read > some of the linux networking capabilities and I think that would be a better > environment to be under. > > I know I will be getting a few awful remarks about living under a windows > environment, as this is the response I have always had from linux users. I > have played with linux and had it pretty well understandable, but 2 things > restricted me from running fully under linux. The first was the network card > would not settup, and 2nd I could not a browser to work. But these are only > limitations of the learning process, I understand. > > So I would really appreciate a civilised answer, so that I could have a > easier way of setting up linux on a separate drive on this computer so I can > still do the things that I need to do, and at the same time learn more about > linux. > > Much appreciated > > >
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