you know, you probably could use Wubi, and install Linux into a flat file on top of NTFS... but still might be simpler...
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Steve Holmes <st...@holmesgrown.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 02:52:15PM -0700, Stephen wrote: >> well depending on what drives you are using for OS you can dual-boot >> with both OS's on the same drive then use the remaining drives for >> data. but my preference is to give windows its own drive and a >> "untouched" boot-sector just in case i do something silly to grub. and >> then put the Linux drive and grub on its own as well. then use a singe >> drive for data between the two. > > That's exactly what I'm trying to do. For now, I wanna leave my brand > new laptop with windows on it since that is my only copy of windows 7 > plus the HP junk that enables some of the extra control keys like > audio volume and the launch of selected applications. Then I could > just plug in the drive to my USB port and boot from the selected BIOS > boot menu and go from there. If I boot with a USB stick that has an > ISO for my distro (Arch Linux) on it, the machine comes right up > through grub, I hit the enter key to go on and works fine from that > point. It just won't with this USB drive on its own. > > Ultimately, it would be just simpler to install Linux right on the > original drive and go with a VM or something; I've done that many > times before without much trouble. But I've never done it on a > removable USB drive like this. I would also love to have a Portable > Linux I could drag around and plug into any computer I walk up to > <smile>. > --------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- 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
