On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Eric <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/06/2013 08:22 AM, Frank Preston wrote: > >> Hi, >> I am new to Linux and want to use it to learn Assembly. I am learning >> programming through reading "Programming from the Ground Up" by Jonathan >> Bartlett who recommends an x86 GNU/Linux distribution. I want to have >> the option of running Win8 or Linux but Win 8 security is against dual >> booting non - Win OS's. Can you pse advise how I could solve this >> install problem? >> > An option is to install Oracle VirtualBox, which is an open source software that installs on Windows (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads). I have installed it on Windows 7 and then I installed a convenient Ubuntu image to try out all the examples in the book. It works nicely. You don't need dual boot at all; VirtualBox installs/runs as an application on Windows host OS and runs Ubuntu/Linux as a virtualized guest OS.
Hope that helps. -Kedar > >> -- >> Cheers, Frank >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Pgubook-readers mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.nongnu.org/**mailman/listinfo/pgubook-**readers<https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pgubook-readers> >> >> > You should be able to install openSUSE 12.3 and Ubuntu 13.04 with Windows > 8. I have managed to do just that. You may want to just boot their live > distro to check them out first. I do not believe the live distro's have > binutils which contains the program "as" that you would probably want to > use to assemble the examples in the book. Also you may need to change your > bios settings to legacy to boot from the live cd. > > You can find out more and get a lot of help from the following links and > the forums that are available their. > > http://www.opensuse.org > > http://www.ubuntu.com > > > Back up our original Windows 8 install so you can restore your computer if > necessary before you try to install any of the distro's. If you are > willing to persevere, you will find it very rewarding. > > Good luck, > > Eric > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Pgubook-readers mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/**mailman/listinfo/pgubook-**readers<https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pgubook-readers> >
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