Re: [expert] Dualboot/Multiboot

2003-10-17 Thread ed tharp
On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 12:51, Felix Miata wrote: > ed tharp wrote: > > > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 13:08, Felix Miata wrote: > > > > Yes, dual does mean 2 - 2 exactly. But, multi means more than 1. So, the > > > two terms can easily be confused when the actual count is two. The > > > difference is mul

Re: [expert] Dualboot/Multiboot

2003-10-17 Thread Felix Miata
ed tharp wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 13:08, Felix Miata wrote: > > Yes, dual does mean 2 - 2 exactly. But, multi means more than 1. So, the > > two terms can easily be confused when the actual count is two. The > > difference is multiboot uses some type of boot manager that is capable > > of s

Re: [expert] Dualboot/Multiboot

2003-10-17 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 17 Oct 2003 4:30 pm, ed tharp wrote: > > that was win4lin , to run windows inside a linux file system > (secure, and not to slow). not Lin4win, to run linux on a M$ file > system (insecure,no permissions, emulated and slow,) Ah, yes. I remember reading about that. It didn't sound too

Re: [expert] Dualboot/Multiboot

2003-10-17 Thread ed tharp
On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 11:22, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 17 Oct 2003 1:09 pm, ed tharp wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 23:48, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 15:01, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > > On Thursday October 16 2003 01:03 pm, Ricardo (Tru64 User) > wrote: > > > > > www

Re: [expert] Dualboot/Multiboot

2003-10-17 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 17 Oct 2003 1:09 pm, ed tharp wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 23:48, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 15:01, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > On Thursday October 16 2003 01:03 pm, Ricardo (Tru64 User) wrote: > > > > www.phatlinux.com runs linux on a windoze partition, > > > > ev

Re: [expert] Dualboot/Multiboot

2003-10-17 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 16 October 2003 11:48 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 15:01, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Thursday October 16 2003 01:03 pm, Ricardo (Tru64 User) wrote: > > > www.phatlinux.com runs linux on a windoze partition, > > > even on windoze XP/NTFS. Catch? It aint > > > freee

Re: [expert] Dualboot/Multiboot

2003-10-17 Thread ed tharp
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 23:48, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 15:01, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Thursday October 16 2003 01:03 pm, Ricardo (Tru64 User) wrote: > > > www.phatlinux.com runs linux on a windoze partition, > > > even on windoze XP/NTFS. Catch? It aint > > > freee.nomi

Re: [expert] Dualboot/Multiboot

2003-10-17 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 15:01, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Thursday October 16 2003 01:03 pm, Ricardo (Tru64 User) wrote: > > www.phatlinux.com runs linux on a windoze partition, > > even on windoze XP/NTFS. Catch? It aint > > freee.nominal fee however. > > That was my first look at Mandrake (6

Re: [expert] Dualboot/Multiboot

2003-10-17 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 10:08, Felix Miata wrote: > Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > > Felix Miata schrieb am Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:17:57 -0400: > > > > Run Windows and Linux from same boot partition = Dualboot > > > > Run Windows and Linux different partitions on the same PC = Multiboot > > > Huh? I

Re: [expert] Dualboot/Multiboot

2003-10-16 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday October 16 2003 01:03 pm, Ricardo (Tru64 User) wrote: > www.phatlinux.com runs linux on a windoze partition, > even on windoze XP/NTFS. Catch? It aint > freee.nominal fee however. That was my first look at Mandrake (6.0). Then phatlinux was free. IIRC a 170mb zip file, expande

Re: [expert] Dualboot/Multiboot

2003-10-16 Thread ed tharp
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 13:08, Felix Miata wrote: > Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > > Felix Miata schrieb am Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:17:57 -0400: > > > > Run Windows and Linux from same boot partition = Dualboot > > > > Run Windows and Linux different partitions on the same PC = Multiboot > > > Huh? I

Re: [expert] Dualboot/Multiboot

2003-10-16 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
www.phatlinux.com runs linux on a windoze partition, even on windoze XP/NTFS. Catch? It aint freee.nominal fee however. Richard --- Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > > Felix Miata schrieb am Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:17:57 > -0400: > > > > Run Windows and Linu

Re: [expert] Dualboot/Multiboot

2003-10-16 Thread Felix Miata
Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > Felix Miata schrieb am Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:17:57 -0400: > > Run Windows and Linux from same boot partition = Dualboot > > Run Windows and Linux different partitions on the same PC = Multiboot > Huh? I thought the difference between dualboot and multiboot was the > nu