Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 16:14:53 -0800 " Bruce Burhans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip > and probably most of the other major ISP packages. So the corps and the > gov can keep track. The corps? Surely not the Marine Corps... Or are you talking about the UN Black Helicopters? -- +---

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread Bruce Burhans
- From: "Chris Jenks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 3:05 PM Subject: Re: XP then Linux > At 03:05 PM 2/10/02, Bruce Burhans wrote: > > > This might not be a cookie thing. (I presume that "max security" > > > means that cook

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread Chris Jenks
At 03:05 PM 2/10/02, Bruce Burhans wrote: > This might not be a cookie thing. (I presume that "max security" > means that cookies are disabled...) If you have a static, or > never-changing-dhcp IP address, they _might_ me matching name to > IP address. > > What happens when u go in thru a linux

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "Scott Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user" Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 12:05 PM Subject: Re: XP then Linux > On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 14:48, Ron Johnson wrote: > > This might not be a cookie thing. (I presume

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "Ron Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 11:48 AM Subject: Re: XP then Linux > On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 10:45:48 -0800 > " Bruce Burhans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [big snip] > >

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread Scott Henson
On Sun, 2002-02-10 at 14:48, Ron Johnson wrote: > This might not be a cookie thing. (I presume that "max security" > means that cookies are disabled...) If you have a static, or > never-changing-dhcp IP address, they _might_ me matching name to > IP address. > > What happens when u go in thru

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 10:45:48 -0800 " Bruce Burhans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [big snip] > Thank you, Patrick. > I just don't play games on a computer (per se) > And every since the day I arrived at Amazon.com (with my secutity > settings at max) and was greeted by name, I simply do n

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread Jeff J.
#x27;Baloo' Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user List" Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 8:59 AM Subject: Re: XP then Linux > On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > > > GRUB may be able to boot both operating systems from the hard drive... > >

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread Bruce Burhans
- Original Message - From: "Patrick Kirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: " Bruce Burhans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Cc: "dman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 2:51 PM Subject: Re: XP then Linux > Hi Bruce, > > Leaving 10

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread Patrick Kirk
trick - Original Message - From: " Bruce Burhans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: "dman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 7:45 PM Subject: XP then Linux > > I've got XP, and a 20Gb harddrive, and I want to add Debian. Only > Woody

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > GRUB may be able to boot both operating systems from the hard drive... LILO definately can, see the various multiboot howtos. You may have to use it in conjunction with the XP multiboot loader if it's as much like WinNT as I suspect. -- Baloo

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-10 Thread ben
On Saturday 09 February 2002 09:21 pm, Bruce Burhans wrote: > Thanks to Caleb and Noah for their advice, which I have saved along with > Bens. > > To repeat: I'm a-ok with using a floppy to boot Debian until I > become skilled enough with it to be able to dump XP.This won't take > long. >

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-09 Thread Bruce Burhans
Thanks to Caleb and Noah for their advice, which I have saved along with Bens. To repeat: I'm a-ok with using a floppy to boot Debian until I become skilled enough with it to be able to dump XP.This won't take long. I'm sorry if I didn't make myself clear, but the heart of my question is

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-09 Thread Bruce Burhans
Ben- Thank you very much. But my posting makes very clear that the dual-boot arrangement is only temporary, and that I'll be dumping XP I've read tons of material on dual-boot arrangements, but only for the purpose of hanging onto XP until I've got my basic Linux chops d

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-09 Thread Caleb Shay
I've done this. GRUB boots WinXP just fine. The relevant entry in menu.lst (assuming XP is the first partition on the first hard drive) is: Title WinXP rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 20:17, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > GRUB may be able to boot both operating

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-09 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 07:45:08PM -0800, Bruce Burhans wrote: > Because I despise XP, I will just boot Debian from a floppy (will > make several copies with rawrite) 'til I have a handle on Linux, then > use dd to write over the first partition with zeros, then dd again to > copy Woody verbat

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-09 Thread ben
On Saturday 09 February 2002 07:45 pm, Bruce Burhans wrote: > I've got XP, and a 20Gb harddrive, and I want to add Debian. Only > Woody will handle the USB stuff, so that's that. > So I re-install XP on the first 10Gb, leaving the rest as free > space. > Then I use -m and -n commands

Re: XP then Linux

2002-02-09 Thread Ron Johnson
Bruce Burhans wrote: I've got XP, and a 20Gb harddrive, and I want to add Debian. Only Woody will handle the USB stuff, so that's that. So I re-install XP on the first 10Gb, leaving the rest as free space. Then I use -m and -n commands to create a Linux-only maximized (extended) parti

XP then Linux

2002-02-09 Thread Bruce Burhans
I've got XP, and a 20Gb harddrive, and I want to add Debian. Only Woody will handle the USB stuff, so that's that. So I re-install XP on the first 10Gb, leaving the rest as free space. Then I use -m and -n commands to create a Linux-only maximized (extended) partition from the free sp