How to run linux os in windows computer?
Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at
16:24
I now need to run Linux in a computer with windows xp, altough i not yet install the Linux system, but i was afraid that these two system will crash if booting at the same time, so anyone has a way to solve this problem? It’s better that let me choose which OS to boot after computer starting up….
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I personally use a program called "parallels" that will allow you to install linux on a virtual drive image. It is a really easy to use and straight forward program in my experience. And the best thing is, that it does not affect your windows installation at all as it is not actually in your boot up. I’ve used it for ubuntu, suse, and fedora all with no issues. Plus, it doesn’t use much system resources so it will run most linux applications at near speed.
Hope it helps!
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
You can even run it off a flash drive, using only 50 MB. Good luck.
Linux will run as a "live" cd, that means it will boot and run without installing anything on your hard drive, you can even get one of those usb thumb drives and install your home directory from there.
And dual boot isn’t a problem, Grub, (the default boot manager for linux) doesn’t care what os you have installed, you boot, it gives you a selection of os’s that are bootable. windows, linux, bsd, whatever.
but i digress, a live cd of say, ubuntu, would get your feet wet and nothing touched on your hard drive.
1. Using linux without installing it on the hard drive
– Use a live cd distribution. eg Puppy Linux comes with a wide range of applications and boots right from the CD. So you do not have to install linux to use it.
2. System crash if xp and linux co exist.
I have been using a dual boot system(xp+Mandrake linux) for three years now. If you understand how the booting process works you will never fear a crash. The linux bootloader(lilo) recognizes any previous OS on your system eg XP and adds it to its list of bootable images. Once the computer boots you will be shown a list of choices with both linux and windows and you can start either one.
WUBI would be a good idea for you-
http://wubi-installer.org/
Or a Puppy live cd or USB.
http://www.puppylinux.org/
john