x-byte Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Hi I have a copy of Lindows OS 4.5 and I want to test it and see how it is. But I have a Windows 2003 server running on the machine I want to test it on. Can I dual boot? I'm running a NTFS filesystem on the disk, can Lindows use NTFS? Thanks for your answers, if any :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 If you are only interesting in testing then it would be easier for you to install through Vmware or VirtualPC. This will ensure that your windows installation is not tampered. If you decide you don't like it, you simply delete it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-byte Posted February 5, 2004 Author Share Posted February 5, 2004 If you are only interesting in testing then it would be easier for you to install through Vmware or VirtualPC. This will ensure that your windows installation is not tampered. If you decide you don't like it, you simply delete it. OK. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_canada Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 thx for the advice, i'm downloading lindows, going to install soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 5, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 5, 2004 thx for the advice, i'm downloading lindows, going to install soon You can also choose to reize your NTFS partition (Partition Magic), or reinstall Windows using less space (not the easiest way, but it is the cleanest). Think of Lindows as the most Windows-like Linux. It does things for you, and you get the "feel" of what it is like in a Linux environment without really having to learn anything. The guts are still there, under the hood, and you can still do normal *nix things. It just keeps that away from the casual user. Not a bad distro for the target market they are shooting for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nichotin Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Linux can read ntfs, but not write to it. That is because microsoft has done a very good job protecting it so that noone can implement it without doing some heavy reverse engineering. Personally, i'd suggest you should try some other newbie distro. lindows is a ******ized linux version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 5, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 5, 2004 Linux can read ntfs, but not write to it. That is because microsoft has done a very good job protecting it so that noone can implement it without doing some heavy reverse engineering. Personally, i'd suggest you should try some other newbie distro. lindows is a ******ized linux version. Linux *can* write to NTFS in two ways: a) built-in kernel support (extremely limited - only to same-size files, and very risky) b) use the genuine Windows NTFS.sys driver (brand-new using a technique found here) And, while a Linux user such as myself might personally find Lindows to not be very suitable, there are people who this will be good for. To exclude it as an option for a newbie is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyro Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 warning :- Lindows overwrites MBR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 5, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 5, 2004 warning :- Lindows overwrites MBR. Warning: So does every other Linux distro that boots from the hard drive. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Cu_Guy Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 an I dual boot? I'm running a NTFS filesystem on the disk, can Lindows use NTFS?Do you mean can it read data from the NTFS partition or will it install on an NTFS partition? If the latter I seriously think you should do some research on how dual booting actually works. Warning: So does every other Linux distro that boots from the hard drive. Unless you tell it not to. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Socling Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 Do you mean can it read data from the NTFS partition or will it install on an NTFS partition? If the latter I seriously think you should do some research on how dual booting actually works.Unless you tell it not to. :p Which ends up being a hard learned lesson to a Linux n00b like I am. Heck, I've been a n00b for about three years now...which is when I first learned that removing Linux isn't as easy as installing it. At least I know which end is up now... G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nichotin Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 markjensen: exactly. i was thinking of the native support which is totally useless. by the way, that ntfs.sys-thing looks good. but to legally use ut you would need a windows licence. am i right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 6, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 6, 2004 markjensen: exactly. i was thinking of the native support which is totally useless. by the way, that ntfs.sys-thing looks good. but to legally use ut you would need a windows licence. am i right? I dunno. It may be in a legally gray area. If you have ever purchased WinNT4, XP, 200o, or 2k3 server, (or a computer loaded with any of these), I think you would be entitled. In the situation of a "dual booter", then it is obvious that the person has a copy of one of those OSes if they are asking about NTFS. Or they have a warez copy... :ninja: :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nichotin Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 i sure hope they get full support in the kernel soon, because people with less knowledge think that linux is obsolete because it does not fully support ntfs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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