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From: Daze N. Knights on 27 Aug 2006 01:06 Mark Warner wrote: > Daze N. Knights wrote: >> Bill Turner wrote: >>> "?Q?" <boxcars(a)gmx.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Windows is very unfriendly to dual-booting. People who aren't >>>> completely comfortable with managing partitions and bootloaders should >>>> image their drives before trying to set up another OS on the same >>>> machine, IMO. >>> >>> If you're going to do much of this swapping back and forth, I'd >>> recommend a removable drive cage for each OS. They are not expensive >>> and you can keep your OS's completely separate. I have three of them >>> and they work like a charm. Got 'em on eBay for less than $10 each >>> plus shipping. >> >> Sounds like an idea. I know such things exist, but do you have any >> links to show just what you're talking about, by-any-chance? > > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=394845&CatId=0 > > Ah, yes. And so one could keep a different HD in each removable tray with each HD devoted to a separate OS, then just slide in the one that you want to boot from at any given time, right? -- Daze
From: DevilsPGD on 27 Aug 2006 01:23 In message <44f12852$0$97249$892e7fe2(a)authen.yellow.readfreenews.net> "Daze N. Knights" <Daze(a)Microchip.com> wrote: >Mark Warner wrote: >> Daze N. Knights wrote: >>> Bill Turner wrote: >>>> "?Q?" <boxcars(a)gmx.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Windows is very unfriendly to dual-booting. People who aren't >>>>> completely comfortable with managing partitions and bootloaders should >>>>> image their drives before trying to set up another OS on the same >>>>> machine, IMO. >>>> >>>> If you're going to do much of this swapping back and forth, I'd >>>> recommend a removable drive cage for each OS. They are not expensive >>>> and you can keep your OS's completely separate. I have three of them >>>> and they work like a charm. Got 'em on eBay for less than $10 each >>>> plus shipping. >>> >>> Sounds like an idea. I know such things exist, but do you have any >>> links to show just what you're talking about, by-any-chance? >> >> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=394845&CatId=0 >> >> > >Ah, yes. And so one could keep a different HD in each removable tray >with each HD devoted to a separate OS, then just slide in the one that >you want to boot from at any given time, right? Yup. They work great, as long as your case uses screws. If you happen to use a toolless mounting system, the bay doesn't work all that well. -- A fool and his money are soon popular.
From: Daze N. Knights on 27 Aug 2006 01:29 DevilsPGD wrote: > In message <44f12852$0$97249$892e7fe2(a)authen.yellow.readfreenews.net> > "Daze N. Knights" <Daze(a)Microchip.com> wrote: > >> Mark Warner wrote: >>> Daze N. Knights wrote: >>>> Bill Turner wrote: >>>>> "?Q?" <boxcars(a)gmx.net> wrote: >>>>>> Windows is very unfriendly to dual-booting. People who aren't >>>>>> completely comfortable with managing partitions and bootloaders should >>>>>> image their drives before trying to set up another OS on the same >>>>>> machine, IMO. >>>>> If you're going to do much of this swapping back and forth, I'd >>>>> recommend a removable drive cage for each OS. They are not expensive >>>>> and you can keep your OS's completely separate. I have three of them >>>>> and they work like a charm. Got 'em on eBay for less than $10 each >>>>> plus shipping. >>>> Sounds like an idea. I know such things exist, but do you have any >>>> links to show just what you're talking about, by-any-chance? >>> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=394845&CatId=0 >>> >>> >> Ah, yes. And so one could keep a different HD in each removable tray >> with each HD devoted to a separate OS, then just slide in the one that >> you want to boot from at any given time, right? > > Yup. They work great, as long as your case uses screws. If you happen > to use a toolless mounting system, the bay doesn't work all that well. > Thanks for pointing that out, but mine uses screws. You haven't, perchance, had experience with this Kingwin brand, have you? -- Daze
From: Mike Dee on 27 Aug 2006 01:40 "Daze N. Knights" <Daze(a)Microchip.com> wrote in news:44f12852$0$97249$892e7fe2(a)authen.yellow.readfreenews.net: >> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=394845&CatId=0 > Ah, yes. And so one could keep a different HD in each removable > tray with each HD devoted to a separate OS, then just slide in the > one that you want to boot from at any given time, right? Yup, we've been using these trays for years. You can have as many different OS's and distros on the single machine as your budget or desires need. No partition hell required (but you can still partition if you want to, even with removable drive bays) :-) -- dee
From: Daze N. Knights on 27 Aug 2006 02:03
Mike Dee wrote: > "Daze N. Knights" <Daze(a)Microchip.com> wrote in > news:44f12852$0$97249$892e7fe2(a)authen.yellow.readfreenews.net: > >>> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=394845&CatId=0 > >> Ah, yes. And so one could keep a different HD in each removable >> tray with each HD devoted to a separate OS, then just slide in the >> one that you want to boot from at any given time, right? > > Yup, we've been using these trays for years. You can have as many > different OS's and distros on the single machine as your budget or > desires need. No partition hell required (but you can still > partition if you want to, even with removable drive bays) :-) > Sounds like a good option for experimenting with Linux without risking one's Windows. Have *you* had any experience with Kingwin brand, perchance? -- Daze |