vbraun
Raytracing
Ubuntu also comes in a live-cd. 
Where do I get / download Linux?
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WildWeazel
Going Dutch
Padma said:
Sounds cool. Does it slow things down though?
btw vbraun, did you ever figure out if Civ could run on Linux?
vbraun
Raytracing
I think you haven't seen this thread: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=93759 
Yes, you can surf the web, read your email, all the things you would use an OS for.cidknee said:
You *can* save things to your hard drive, but you have to manually "mount" your hard drive partition(s) in read-write mode. By default, they are mounted read-only. (The help files within Knoppix should explain all that. )Perhaps a little, but not so I notice, anyway. It is a *compressed* filesystem, and runs in your RAM, basically. So if you have 512M or more, it should be pretty smooth.Weasel Op said:
Thanks, vbraun.vbraun said:I think you haven't seen this thread: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=93759Weasel Op said:btw vbraun, did you ever figure out if Civ could run on Linux?
WildWeazel
Going Dutch
vbraun said:I think you haven't seen this thread: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=93759
I think that deserves a
Now about Civ4....
edit: I just had a thougt tho- I only have 1 disc drive (laptop) so that won't work with Knoppix. Oh well, I guess there are other distros out there...
Chairman Meow
Class IV
Also, another good live-CD is Mepis. Like Knoppix, it boots without installing to the hard drive, and uses similar software as Knoppix, and Mepis has a very good installer that comes with the live-CD.Padma said:
If the partition is FAT32, then simply double-clicking the icon on the desktop in Knoppix will mount the drive read/write. Now, NTFS is a little more complicated, and that's probably what you're talking about.Padma said:Yes, you can surf the web, read your email, all the things you would use an OS for.
Glad to have another Linux user (even on a trial basis).
Virtually any Linux distro can be dual (or *multi*) booted, with Windows or other Linux distros.
The easiest way is to install Windows first. Of course, if you buy a new machine, that will already be done. Then, when you install Linux, you will get options about how to use the "empty" space on the disk. Or partition the disk ahead of time. So you will have Windows in the first partition on the disk, and Linux in additional partitions (minimum is a swap partition and a "/" partition). The Linux installer will at some point ask to replace the default Windows bootloader with a Linux bootloader. Both lilo and grub are good, standard Linux bootloaders. Both will also be set up to recognize your Windows partition(s), and give you the option to boot to either OS. Personally, I use lilo, but many also swear by grub.
The easiest way is to install Windows first. Of course, if you buy a new machine, that will already be done.
Then, when you install Linux, you will get options about how to use the "empty" space on the disk. Or partition the disk ahead of time. So you will have Windows in the first partition on the disk, and Linux in additional partitions (minimum is a swap partition and a "/" partition). The Linux installer will at some point ask to replace the default Windows bootloader with a Linux bootloader. Both lilo and grub are good, standard Linux bootloaders. Both will also be set up to recognize your Windows partition(s), and give you the option to boot to either OS. Personally, I use lilo, but many also swear by grub. 
Lozzy_Ozzy
Rapture
Yes 
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You don't need Windows to run your PC, its just another way of accessing it.
.You don't need Windows to run your PC, its just another way of accessing it.
Chairman Meow
Class IV
You may need to repartition the entire drive (and as a result reinstall Windows) before you can set up dual-boot, due to the habit of many pre-installed versions of Windows of putting system files at the end of the disk, making it impossible to repartition without needing to reinstall Windows.Padma said:Virtually any Linux distro can be dual (or *multi*) booted, with Windows or other Linux distros.
The easiest way is to install Windows first. Of course, if you buy a new machine, that will already be done.
Also, if you have any questions during the dual-boot setup process, you can ask me about it... I have a computer that currently has 15 operating systems installed in a multi-boot setup, so I have some experience with this.
Probably many of those 15 are just different flavors of Linux.
And yes, you can just install Linux to a second hard drive. The lilo/grub configuration utilities should understand it, and handle it all for you.
And yes, you can just install Linux to a second hard drive. The lilo/grub configuration utilities should understand it, and handle it all for you.
Chairman Meow
Class IV
True. If you count all the Linux variants as all being one OS, and all the different versions of Windows and DOS as one, then I have only four (Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD).Padma said:Probably many of those 15 are just different flavors of Linux.
The complete list of what I have installed is:
Windows/DOS:
- Windows XP
- Windows 98
- Windows 3.11/DOS 6.22
- Mandrake Linux 10.1
- Slackware Linux 10.1
- Suse Linux 9.2
- Ubuntu Linux 5.04
- Mepis Linux 3.3
- DSL
- Xandros Linux
- Linspire 5.0
- GoboLinux 012
- Yoper Linux
- FreeBSD 6.0 Beta 4
- OpenBSD 3.7
WildWeazel
Going Dutch
How much HDD space does that consume?
Chairman Meow
Class IV
I have two hard drives that add up to 160GB, but one of the partitions (50GB) contains only my files rather than an OS, so in total about 110GB are used by the OSes.Weasel Op said:
edit - note that that is the space partitioned to the OSes. The actual space they consume is considerably less.
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