i'm installing 8 operatin system??

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

which all did u install and finally which one u opted.... i would like to know

well actually i tried different versions of same distro to notice how much they had changes , like i installed Fedora from Core 3 upto 6 , then i installed Ubuntu from 5.04 upto 6.10 , also i tried FreeBSD , SCO Openserver , SCO Unixware n many others . if u want i'll type the whole list

U guys got a lotta time to fiddle around with distros. Instead of trying all linuxes, try PC-BSD,freebsd etc.

actually i meant to say Other Operating Systems except windows

though my HDD is stock full now(200 GB used , thou i'll be backin all that up to dvd's) so i use VMWare now , which is much better n easier . also i mainly learn the command line so even with my pesky 384 MB ram VMWare runs superbly smooth .

Even I recommend using Virtualisation, so if anything goes wrong you only have to recover 1 OS only

nah man even if everything goes wrong inside VMWare nothin will happen to your host OS

 

[vish786]

well actually i tried different versions of same distro to notice how much they had changes , like i installed Fedora from Core 3 upto 6 , then i installed Ubuntu from 5.04 upto 6.10 , also i tried FreeBSD , SCO Openserver , SCO Unixware n many others . if u want i'll type the whole list

buddy plz type the whole list i am damn interested... reply fast i am waiting.... plz plz plz

Better try each OS in Live CD or Virtual PC using VMWARE rather than messing up your harddrive

Even I recommend using Virtualisation, so if anything goes wrong you only have to recover 1 OS only

can u guys put some light on VMWARE OR Virtual PC... i hav no idea wat it is ???

 

[kalpik]

^^ You can either download VMWare server from *www.vmware.com or download VirtualBox (recommended over VMWare) from *www.virtualbox.org

Im sure you will figure out everything yourself

 

[kumarmohit]

Microsift Virtual PC 2007 is freeware and its given with Digit in either the April or may Discs.

*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_virtual_PC

If you want a Linux based virtualisation solution, try QEMU.

 

[kalpik]

No offense, but Virtual PC is just crap.. VMWare and Virtualbox are MUCH better IMHO, and they are free too..

 

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

No offense, but Virtual PC is just crap.. VMWare and Virtualbox are MUCH better IMHO, and they are free too..

same here , while running Virtual PC i get >50% avg usage whereas while running VMware , CPU usage hardly goes over 10% .

@vish786 , mate u can download a copy of vmware from *www.vmware.com , then install it , then u just run it , go to file->new n then create a new virtual pc now u can install ny OS in it

also this will help *www.virtual-strategy.com/article/view/1624/

 

[vish786]

Nope. If you are a good learner and observer, getting the hang of 1 distro won't take you more than a week. So, will prolly take you 2 months to try them out completely...

As I said, don't be illogical, go the LIVE CD/DVD way.......

first thing is live cds or dvds will not hav all the softwares,

secondly if i install on hdd it will b better becoz i can change settings to watever i want, which is not possible if i run live cd/dvd

thirdly live cd may sometimes boot without any problems but if i want to install tat OS then their might be some errors...

fourthly if i use a live cd to run lot of software at a time the system might hang or slow down and applications will take more time to open, but if i install on hdd everything would run faster

fifthly i can install additional softwares and see which OS supports most of the other applications without any problems

sixthly i can learn more things after installing linux on hdd then on live cd/dvd....

seventhly i dont remeber all the things as soon i remember i will post it

tat is why i am installing on hdd rather than using live cd... i am already using live knoppix dvd...

same here , while running Virtual PC i get >50% avg usage whereas while running VMware , CPU usage hardly goes over 10% .

@vish786 , mate u can download a copy of vmware from *www.vmware.com , then install it , then u just run it , go to file->new n then create a new virtual pc now u can install ny OS in it

also this will help *www.virtual-strategy.com/article/view/1624/

u hav told earlier u had installed many OS so which OS did u finally select in the end....

 

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

u hav told earlier u had installed many OS so which OS did u finally select in the end....

currently toh i hv Only XP n Mac OS X installed on my system , though i regularly check out the latest OS releases . well i would suggest u KUbuntu 7.04 if u want a free , good looking n stable linux system .

also , there's no best operating system , it all depends on what u wanna do n that will decide which operating system you would use .

 

[vish786]

same here , while running Virtual PC i get >50% avg usage whereas while running VMware , CPU usage hardly goes over 10% .

@vish786 , mate u can download a copy of vmware from *www.vmware.com , then install it , then u just run it , go to file->new n then create a new virtual pc now u can install ny OS in it

also this will help *www.virtual-strategy.com/article/view/1624/

various version of VMWARE r available like vmware player, and vmware server, etc which one should i download dude

,.

 

[kalpik]

As already suggested, get VMWare Server.. Its free..

 

[freebird]

if u do try deca boot!,each time u need to get a file system check?

 

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

if u do try deca boot!,each time u need to get a file system check?

n what does that mean ? could u elaborate a bit more plz .

 

[praka123]

^ the Linux distros may be checking its file systems after a no of boots via tune2fs utillity.so if u boot to any distro also,e2fsck will be starting next time u boot another distro.the frequency will increase if the distros include are many.
this is coz sometimes u'll mount other distro's "/" partn in ur current running GNU/Linux,thus accessing.so...
u can look at /etc/fstab for number "1" of ur "/" partn at the end which is for fs checking.disable it for skipping check or program checks using tune2fs utility.
Assumes that most distros uses ext3 fs by default.

 

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

^ the Linux distros may be checking its file systems after a no of boots via tune2fs utillity.so if u boot to any distro also,e2fsck will be starting next time u boot another distro.the frequency will increase if the distros include are many.
this is coz sometimes u'll mount other distro's "/" partn in ur current running GNU/Linux,thus accessing.so...
u can look at /etc/fstab for number "1" of ur "/" partn at the end which is for fs checking.disable it for skipping check or program checks using tune2fs utility.
Assumes that most distros uses ext3 fs by default.

oh , well i didn't notice nything like this even though i accessd partitions of other distro , must be happening in the background .

 

[vish786]

guys which partition should i use, ext2 or ext3???

how to create a logical drive in linux??

 

[freebird]

ext3 is the way for most distros.

 

[saurabh.sauron]

the maximum I have used is 5, which included XP, 2000, Vista, Ubuntu, Fedora. Now I have three, Fedora, Ubuntu XP.

10 OS's are OK, if u have the time to customize everything (Customising Fedora requires patience). Ubuntu, Suse are good.

I think us should install Ubuntu last, coz it configures the boot loader automatically for all the OS's, otherwise u would spend a long time in manually adding entries for all other linux distros

 

[vish786]

the maximum I have used is 5, which included XP, 2000, Vista, Ubuntu, Fedora. Now I have three, Fedora, Ubuntu XP.

10 OS's are OK, if u have the time to customize everything (Customising Fedora requires patience). Ubuntu, Suse are good.

I think us should install Ubuntu last, coz it configures the boot loader automatically for all the OS's, otherwise u would spend a long time in manually adding entries for all other linux distros

thanks a lot for that great suggestion of urs dude.... which boot loader does ubuntu use???

 

[kalpik]

It uses grub only, but it detects all other OS's correctly..

 

[vish786]

how to create a logical drive in linux???

ext2 or ext3?? which should i use??

i asked earlier no one replied so askin again