[thelist] Development Environments
fuzzylizard
chris at fuzzylizard.com
Wed Apr 2 23:09:58 CST 2003
Ken Kogler wrote:
>>What I want to do is implement a tri-boot system. One option would be
>>XP Pro with all my development stuff installed (VS.NET, VS6.0,
>>InterDev et al), one option would be XP Pro with all my entertainment
>>stuff (drivers for SB Extigy, DVD software, games, anything else I
>>fancy installing without fear of compromising my development
>>environment), and the final option would be RedHat running as a
>>server/workstation combo.
>>
>>
>
>My recommendation would be to dual boot XP and RedHat, and use XP's user
>accounts to differentiate between work and play...
>
>Partition your hard drive, install RedHat into one partition, then
>install XP into the other partition. Shouldn't be too difficult.
>
>
>
I would second this suggestion. The only difference being that you need
to install XP first and then install Red Hat. Red Hat will install a
bootloader that will allow for the dual boot, whereas, if you install XP
last, it will install its own bootloader and you will lose the Red Hat
install.
-chris
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