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From: dadiOH on 16 May 2010 08:56
hello(a)goodbye.com wrote:
> On Sat, 15 May 2010 16:51:24 -0700, Gord Dibben <gorddibbATshawDOTca>
> wrote:
>
>> Doesn't sound like a heck of a lotta room.
>>
>>
>> Gord
>
> Yea, I did tell them that they should consider replacing at least one
> of the drives with a larger one.
>
> After seeing what's all involved, I might just tell them to get
> another computer for the Linux. Don't know if I want to mess with
> this. From what I've heard, any computer made after around 2000
> should run linux, and these days the old computers can be gotten real
> cheap.

Tell them to run Linux from a CD.

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From: db on 16 May 2010 12:05
you will likely crash
the boot sector by
installing ubantu.

and then the headache
begins when your only
alternative to undue the
damage is to re-for-matt.

however, what you can
do without any problems
at all

is to install ubantu and
any number of o.s.'s
in virtual pc or
virtual box.

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<hello(a)goodbye.com> wrote in message
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> I'm working on a computer that presently dual boots to XP and Win98.
> The computer owner wants to keep both of them, but also wants to
> install Ubantu or another Linux distro. Is it possible to triple
> boot? Yea, I know that requires 3 partitions, and the puter has four
> of them (2 40g drives, 2 partitions each). Right now, 98 is on C: XP
> on D:. So, I guess Linux would go on E: if this is possible.
>
> Thanks

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