I have not been following this thread but I noticed some discussion of dual boot. Virtualization options now exist that will allow a host system, be it Linux or Windows, to run other operating system as images simultaneously. You are limited mostly by memory on the host system so this would not be an option for older motherboards with low memory and a slow CPU but keep it in mind if you have a newer and faster system. VMware has one of the best and the server product is free. Microsoft has just released Virtual PC 2007 and I think it is free as is Microsoft virtual server R2. Of course you still need to have a license for each operating system you are running as a virtual image.
There may be hardware considerations/limitations if you need to interface with the outside world on USB or serial from the virtual image. Network connectivity is normally not an issue. The Microsoft versions don't particularly care for Linux (imagine that) so the VMware product would be the better choice and the performance is better. See the link for VMware server product: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/server_datasheet.pdf -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 6:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Looking for Wavecrest Visi In a message dated 4/12/2007 15:32:53 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Another way to dual boot that would be a lot easier than trying to graft Win98 onto a WinXP drive is to just use another drive for Win98. Even a 1GB drive would do. Most modern motherboards allow you to select which drive to boot from. If you do this, I would temporarily disconnect the WinXP drive while installing Win98, just to be safe. Hi, I will try that. The motherboard is somewhat old since I have an ISA GPIB card, so not sure if it does dual boot. It does host XP though. thanks again, Said ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
