Ian wrote: > I have been using Windows computers since 91 but never Linux. I would like > to put one of the free Linux operating systems on my two hard drive computer > wIth XP on the C/Drive but do not know which or how to go about it. Hope to > learn here.
This is what I have done: My computer(s) all have several 5.25" front-accessible drive bays. Most computers do, nowadays. I ordered a bunch of drive trays/drive cages, and installed them in my machines, making one specific tray the one where the operating system is to be installed: http://tinyurl.com/j468z Then, I mounted the OS hard drive into a drive cage, and plugged it into the OS tray, and when the computer started... voila... the OS ran. Then, I was able to use the second drive tray I installed for my data. And when I want to try another operating system out, all I have to do is grab a spare hard drive (something old, if you are just messing around), pop it into a cage, and start the computer with the new/empty hard drive in the operating system tray, and install a new OS onto it. Doing this, you can have a lot of different operating systems on a lot of different old hard drives, all running (one at a time) on a single computer, without having to mess with a boot loader for multiple operating systems, or the possibility of messing up or erasing your current OS, while doing a new install. Also... because all of the data is on the second hard drive... as long as the file system on that data drive is readable/writable by all the OS's you might want to plug in... you will be able to work on your data, no matter which OS you happen to be using. -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ . http://robertwittig.net/ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
