[dba-Tech] XP Pro + Linux Dual Boot

Does your desktop dual-boot from boot.ini or from grub? I have had nothing
but problems trying it from grub, so I'm hoping that you do it using
boot.ini and can provide tips on how that's done. Currently the [Operating
Systems] portion only has one entry:
multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)\windows\="Windows XP Media Center Edition
/fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn

I don't understand how the disk(#)partition(#) would map to the existence of
a Linux and Linux swap partitions. I have two drives, h: and c:. I boot off
h: and c: is the big drive (250GB).

My friend Pete just suggested yet another approach: boot Linux from a memory
stick. I have 3 of those, so that in theory could work. I could create a
Linux boot there. They are only 2GB each, but that's surely enough room for
a Linux playpen. What do you think of that approach?

A.

On 1/4/08, Bryan Carbonnell <carbonnb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Well, it depends...
>
> My desktop is setup with dual boot. My laptop XP with VMWare and Linux
> VMs.
>
> If I had better hardware, I'd prefer the VM route, because of the
> constant availability of it.
>
> I can't speak to a Linux GUI in a VM because I only use command line
> Linux boxes to simulate web hosting environments that I administer, so
> I haven't needed to use a GUI in a VM.
>
> Given hardware that was good enough to run a Linux VM with a Gui
> (which I don't have), I'd go that way over dual booting.