Rudy Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 here's what i thought i could put on my computer: 1. A) Mandrake 8.2 B) Win2k 2. A) Mandrake 8.2 B) WinXP 3. A) Win2k B) WinXP 4. A) WinXP 5. A) Win2k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof. Frink Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 if you have a big drive do Mandrake and XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 18, 2002 Author Share Posted March 18, 2002 well i ahve only 15 gigs, so i was thinking 2-3 gigs for mandrake and and the rest for XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof. Frink Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 i would do 5 for mandrake and 10 for XP, becuase you have to do the swap partition and stuff for linux... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torment Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 Just remember that XP takes at least 1.5 GB to install. If you have over 256MB of Memory and a decent PIII 733+ then I'd go with the Mandrake + XP option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 18, 2002 Author Share Posted March 18, 2002 well i have a k6-III 450 with 256mb of ram and a gforce2 64mb im running XP since beta 1 and i have no speed problem or anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof. Frink Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 Originally posted by Rudy well i have a k6-III 450 with 256mb of ram and a gforce2 64mb im running XP since beta 1 and i have no speed problem or anything then you should be all set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 18, 2002 Author Share Posted March 18, 2002 yeah well im downloading 8.2 rite now, i just hope it will be better than 8.0 cuz i remember using it when i had my old Voodoo 3 and it was HELL, i mean it was sooo slow (KDE was much slower than Gnome but even gnome was slow) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torment Posted March 18, 2002 Share Posted March 18, 2002 Sweet good luck to you. I have to scrap my Rehat Server and replace it with Mandrake to see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 18, 2002 Author Share Posted March 18, 2002 thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 I'm afraid I never understood the need for a dual boot desktop machine (save for learning purposes) because the 2nd one rarely has the feature set/ease of use as the primary so why bother? Depending on your sys specs go for XP if you have the processor/memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof. Frink Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 Originally posted by Dashel so why bother? why not? it never hurts to learn something new... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 Dashel, I have the following OS' on my laptop: Windows 3.11 For Workgroups for fun :) MS-DOS 6.0 Came with Windows 3.11 Windows nt 4.0 MSCE demo version Mandrake 8.1 Windows 2000 Proffesional Windows 98 I also have XP. The main reason I have them installed is because I need to test my apps in different operating system. Win32s for Windows 3.11 does not work though :ermm: And you though dual booting was bad :D Btw, go with option 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 Not bad, just pointless unless (as you mentioned) you are a) learning linux b) compatibility/testing purposes Still think most people do it for penis envy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvorgold Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 i cant seem to install 3.11 on vmware :s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacce Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 a) Linux b) Win98SE (for DOS too) c) Win2k d) WinXp its what one of my machine's is..:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siu Sai Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 winxp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deron Dantzler Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 this is my suggestion... u have practically 15000 MB you are dealing with here (not exact but this works): 1. Use 2500 for Mandrake (This includes swap). 2. Use 2500 for WINXP & bulk of your apps. (NTFS) 3. Use 10000 for MP3s, file storage, and apps. (FAT32) The reason why #3 is FAT32 is so that you can also mount the drive and use it for a file bin in linux. This way you can share the mp3s and the like. Also putting WinXP on a small partition packed tightly will not allow the drive to become as defragmented so you won't have to defrag as often and it will be faster. I do similar but on wider scale...Here's me... 1. Redhat 7.2 (7500) INCLUDING SWAP 2. WINXP (7500) NTFS 3. File bin FAT32 (25000) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 why must you dual boot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof. Frink Posted March 19, 2002 Share Posted March 19, 2002 Originally posted by nemo why must you dual boot? so you dont need to switch computers whenever you need to use the other OS... :o :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnios Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 1) winxp final 2) whistler 2250 3) Memphis 1681 4) Win2k 5) .net 3615 tend to spend most of my time in whistler.net tho ... i really do love watercolour .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshUK Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 If I were you I'd use Windows 2000, it rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Originally posted by bunnios 1) winxp final 2) whistler 2250 3) Memphis 1681 4) Win2k 5) .net 3615 tend to spend most of my time in whistler.net tho ... i really do love watercolour .. uhm.. what may i ask is Memphis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 Wasnt Memphis the codename for one of the windows9x editions? Eitherway what you need to install, ill give you a hint, starts with X and ends in P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vf- Posted March 20, 2002 Share Posted March 20, 2002 pfft dual boots n stuff thats too much hasstle find somethin thats compatible and that suits yer needs and stick with it i couldnt be bothered installin all my apps twice if not 3 times i ya got triple boot whatever 1 XP PRO on NTFS rocks all in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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