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Re: Jewish List (was: Re: The new kid on the block.)



> > > > Q: Is there an option to install Linux on one
partition and, let say, some
> > > > other windows operating system on the other?

you could also install Slackware on the dos partition 
and have two operating systems on the same partition












> > > yes there is, but why whould you want
MS-Windows for ? ;-)
> > >
> > > well, you have to format one partition with
windows FS
> > > and one with linux FS.
> > 
> > 1. Not exactly true.  For Linux you need minimum
of two partitions (other
> >    people might tell you that if you have lots of
memory in your PC, you
> >    don't need swap partition, but be safe, don't
listen to them :-) ):
> >    * Swap partition - small (64MB-128MB is all
that you need)
> >    * Linux file system partition - the rest.
> do not take it too literary ! i think he ment dual
boot, and not
> 'exactly 2 partitions'.
> 
> in any case:
> Though it is beter to have a swap partition, you
may instead
> 1. do not use swap at all, or:
> 2. use a swap file on either your linux or windows
partition

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