[NTLUG:Discuss] dual boot install

[Daniel Hauck]

(2010年03月02日 16:30), Christopher D. Thompson wrote:
> I am considering a dual boot install on my work computer. I have a recovery
> partition that is 10 gig that I could use for the operating system and /home
> while leaving the personal data (useable files, pictures, etc) on the
> windows partition for access from both operating systems.
>
> My question is, would there be any issue with this plan either from the
> windows side or Linux? I know I would need to be careful in what I did on
> the windows partition as to not affect system critical files and
> directories. I really don't see this as a issue as I probably would simply
> put a folder on the desk top that would take me directly to the "my
> documents" folder on the windows partition and use that folder as it is used
> by windows for personal storage (again pictures, documents, etc)
>
> thanks
>   

Dual booting is no longer new or unusual. Windows has a tendency to not
play well with others, but generally, I don't have any trouble so long
as I install Windows first and anything else second. What I am finding,
however, is that it is even better to do desktop virtualization. I am
guessing you aren't doing anything that requires direct hardware access
and that your computer is of current composition technologically. When I
run virtualized Windows on my Linux laptops and desktops, I have no ill
effects and never have to get out of Linux in order to do "work things."
Wine is an answer to some, but I never like the way it looks nor all the
intensive setup procedures.

Frankly, I just don't like dual booting because when I do, I keep
wishing I was back in Linux.