Stephen why the external drive vrs a virtual drive using virtual box or VMWare? Just seeing if you have something cool you can do with it I have not thought of.
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Stephen <cryptwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > So far all great suggestions. If you can afford it i would suggest a > new/extra HDD for your Linux install and setting it to be your first > drive (after you install windows with the "spare drive" unplugged > > That way you have a drive you can torture and alter to your hearts > content, and you don't have to worry about breaking the boot sector on > your win7 install. It is not repairable, you can back it up with any > number of tools (i like clonezilla) > > and for a bistro to learn with, Depending on your personal technical > masochism you can install Gentoo. It made me want to chuck my computer > out the window during install, but when i was done I knew a great deal > more about the underbelly of Linux, and Gentoo is pretty well > documented. > > but the extra HDD i think is a very good suggestion. especially when learning. > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
