Linux on Windows

[net-connect]

Can somebody Write A guide to install Linux on Windows Xp, but not deleting Windows,(just installing another os on hard drive)

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

How big is your harddrive you have now? The installation varies among which version of linux you are using.

[nox-Hand]

Hey.


This all depends on which version of Linux you are going to install. A good beginners OS is Ubuntu Linux.

What we must know, is this:

Do you have two Harddisks on your PC, and are you going to install Linux on the one?
If so, how much space is on the destination Harddisk?
If you are installing Linux on the same HDD as Windows, do you know how to partition your drives?



If it's simply installing on a harddisk you have empty, just download and burn the Ubuntu install, and then you can chose to install Linux on the harddisk with no Windows on it. It will also install a bootloader (( if you say yes the to question whether it should )), which will give you the option of booting either XP or Linux :)


Anything else?


nox-Hand

[mikeyp]

There are many flavors of Linux which boot straight from the CD. There is no need to install on the hard drive.

[net-connect]

really like what mikeyp

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

Then look for Live CD versions Ubuntu and Kubuntu are both live cds. Gentoo is a livecd, I heard Mepis is cool too, also a livecd. Slax OS is another livecd. PCLinuxOS is a livecd, you may like that one. It comes packed with a lot of features. It couldn't detect my screen resolution correctly. Perhaps nox can enlighten me on that one.

[mikeyp]

www.distrowatch.org has a huge list of live linux distros (along with regular distros). One of the most popular ones is Knoppix. Try searching for that.

[nox-Hand]

I would definately try out Knoppix (http://knoppix.org), or the Ubuntu LiveCD. Not Gentoo, as that'll || oh, wait, no, forget it, the liveCD for gentoo now has a desktop, which it didn't before. It gave you a command line.. Anywho, Knoppix is a good way to go, if you wish to try KDE, but if not, I'd get Ubuntu LiveCD, as that uses GNOME. Look in my Linux guide to find out what GNOME and KDE are :)


nox-Hand

[BonRouge]

I found Fedora Core 5 quite easy to install, without deleting Windows, as long as I was installing to the same physical drive.

[net-connect]

how do you have instructions?

[nox-Hand]

Well, you might not know this, but many Linux versions come with a full graphical user interface for the installer, so you can point and click it all, and help text will say what to do :)


nox-Hand

[erisco]

You could also try vmware, http://www.vmware.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware

[nox-Hand]

Which will let you run Linux UNDER windows in a window, and that'll be nice and slow.. I don't recommend it.

nox-Hand

[BonRouge]

how do you have instructions?
As nox said, there is a full GUI and you can basically do it just by choosing from the options you are give. It's fairly clear.

As for what to do after installing FC5, here's a very good step-by-step guide:

http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html

[erisco]

nox-hand, yea of course it will be run under Windows. However it is only going to be slow if you have limited RAM.

[nox-Hand]

I tried it on our school PC's once. ( we have admin on them ). 3 ghtz, 1 gb ram. Very slow :(


nox-Hand

[fireboy]

More generally, Cooperative Linux (short-named coLinux) is a port of the Linux kernel that allows it to run cooperatively alongside another operating system on a single machine. For instance, it allows one to freely run Linux on Windows ...

[nox-Hand]

However, never at full speed.

[diggin4it]

I'm quite interested in this and I'd also like to install linux on my PC. I think the thing I'd primarily like it for is to practice scripting away from my main host.

[nox-Hand]

...which you can do on windows, if you like :)