Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 02:21:09 -0500 From: Technical Information <tech_info@threespace.com> To: FreeBSD Chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why dual boot? Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20020127021806.01dfe2a8@threespace.com> In-Reply-To: <3C53470C.8CEF3040@mindspring.com> References: <3C4FBE5C.2AE8C65@mindspring.com> <001b01c1a635$636a4170$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C5270E4.BF21F79B@mindspring.com> <200201260934538.SM01304@there>
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At 07:17 PM 1/26/2002, Terry Lambert wrote: >The problem with dual booting is not the dual boot, >according to anyone in the discussion so far (except >for Anthony). > >The problem is with the repartitioning of the disk for >the installation. The VMWare approach has this same >problem, with getting to the point where you can even >contemplate the install. VMware doesn't suffer from this problem when you're using its virtual disks, which look like fixed disks to the guest OS but are really just large files on the host filesystem. The problem is even easier if you're running the Windows version of VMware, in which case you don't need to modify your default NTFS partition at all. --Chip Morton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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