If you are used to XP you should try Feespire and then move on from
there. Freespire is not as hard to get used to as other linux distros
even though the more complicated distros make more intuitive sense
when you get used to linux. Freespire will provide lots of
compatability with windows and still give you linux features like apt-
get under the hood.
cheers!
Darrin
--- In [email protected], "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Well I can see that OK but for a start I will want to partition the
one
> drive and have XP on one and Linux on the other Part.
>
> While I could put them on separate drive I guess I will want the
second free
> for back up.
>
> I would like to know what Linux system and how to download and
install a
> free one as a start?
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Robert C Wittig
> Date: 23/09/2006 13:27:10
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] New here!
>
> 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/
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