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Too many linux distro live cd’s?
I’m trying all kinds of distros, and the cd’s are stacking up. I notice most can fit on my usb drive, is there a way after I download the distro I can put it on my usb stick and boot to it, then install if I like the distro?
Problems with Compaq Presario c300 laptop?
My girlfriend’s laptop has been experiencing some issues. It BSoD’d her, crashed, and kept auto-restarting to the boot choices menu. No matter what option was picked, it would just auto-restart to the menu after the Windows splash screen. She doesn’t have an XP cd, since they don’t usually come with HP laptops. We tried the built in recovery, but it crashed in the middle of repartitioning the hard drive, and now each time it is booted up, it can get to BIOS and boot settings, but after that, the error message that Windows root/system32@/hal.dll is corrupted or missing and needs replaced. Well, we can’t do much to it without the XP cd. Almost every solution online requires the disc. No other machine to hook it up to. No extra hd. Any help or ideas? I thought about recovery LiveCD’s and smaller Linux distros/utilities, but since I don’t live close by, I need something she can learn to do on her own(she isn’t very computer savvy).
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Virtual Machine (for Linux)?
I want to learn more about Linux and the different distros before I try to dual boot or anything of the sort. I tried live cds, but you can’t learn much from those, as you can’t save anything and download anything without having to keep resetting an internet connection. I tried running Linux through Windows Virtual PC 2007 and 2004, but neither of them work. I’ve heard of VMware, but which one do you download? I’ve also heard of Virtual Box and am considering trying it.
So which download is the right one?
http://www.vmware.com/download/
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Can I Dual Boot Two Linux Distros on one hard driv.?
I know I can but can i just install Ubuntu after already having Fedora installed?
I am using Fedora 7 right now and i want to also dual boot Ubuntu 7.04 to try it. I’m D/l Ubuntu right now its a live cd but i want to dual boot so i can add things and use it like normal to try it and probably keep both anyway. I want to install to just one hard drive as my other hard drive is a usb hard drive I connect to my ps3 every now and then. Help is very appreciated as I’m a Linux newb