[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux for Windows

[Jonathan Brugge]

I've never seen a Linux-on-Windows running, but as far as I know it's MUCH 
slower than a "normal" linux.
You got problems with Partition Magic. At first, you have to defragmentate 
(I hope this is the good word, not sure) and then (not sure about this, but 
it can solve some problems) go to dos (I mean rebooting to dos-mode). This 
is to make sure all your information is on the beginning of your HD. If PM 
splits your HD, information that's on the second part (like maybe part of 
your registry) can't be read, because it's formatted when installing linux. 
This may have been the problem. If you decide to install a "real" linux I 
suggest formatting again (or try running fips/partition magic to split it 
the way described above. If this doesn't solve it or something else happens, 
please describe the other problems you mentioned.

Jonathan Brugge


>From: Al Wyatt <amw at rocketmail.com>
>Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org
>To: discuss at ntlug.org
>Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Linux for Windows
>Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 07:40:35 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Greetings all.  I tried using PartitionMagic awhile
>back and split my 20gig already-loaded-with-Windows
>hard disk into two 10gig hard disks and put Suse on
>the 2nd 10 gigs using loadlin, since it was too high
>for lilo.  Well, I musta done something bad cuz every
>time I'd go into Windows it would say something like
>"Windows has detected an error in your system
>registry.  Windows will reboot and fix it."  I'd press
>the OK button on this message and Windows would crunch
>awhile and reboot and... give me the same message
>again.  I could run Windows by ignoring this message
>box, but it sure was a pain.  And then other little
>things started messing up.  It's a long story, but I
>got frustrated and formatted my hard disk and put
>Windows on it and said forget Linux.  Well, I don't
>really want to forget Linux (I've calmed down) and now
>am looking at a partitionless install as a less
>drastic way of messing with my computer.  I saw Linux
>for Windows at CompUSA for $20.  Seems to be
>Linux-Mandrake 7.1 that'll run in a real ext2
>"filesystem" (really just a file in the Windows) that
>you can start from Windows.  I'm wondering what the
>group's experience is with this or other similar
>partition-less installs.  I realize it'll slow down
>hard-disk access some, but does it make it unbearably slow?
>
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