Another Question about partitioning...

gtxboyracer · 09-16-2003, 08:04 PM

I have 3x20Gig Partitiions on my Home PC .. (its a 60GB drive.)

is it ok to use the last partition for linux or is that too much of a risk? The computer is a P4 2.4GHz (running at 2.66Ghz) w/ 512MB Ram, with a 64MB Geforce 2 GTS.

Another question is, how well does Wine work? and is there any other alternatives to Wine?? i mean for playing PC games, like Midnight Club II, or CounterStrike ... ???

Thanks, Stephen

jailbait · 09-16-2003, 08:12 PM

"is it ok to use the last partition for linux or is that too much of a risk?"

Any partition is fine with Linux.

"how well does Wine work?"

Poorly. There are inherent problems in writing a simulater for a system of about the same level of sophistication as the host system.

"is there any other alternatives to Wine??"

You could use VMWare.

gtxboyracer · 09-16-2003, 08:23 PM

what i mean with the partitioning thing, is that if i dont want the linux partition anymore, i can just delete the partition and rebuild it as a FaT32 for windows? is there a program which can change the boot master for my drive? i mean get rid of LILO or GRUB afterwards if i dont want it anymore?

synaptical · 09-16-2003, 08:25 PM

wine {shudder} imho, wine sucks. i have to get it running for a windows only program i need to use frequently, but the most i've been able to get out of it is notepad (and it crashes when i try to save anything

).

is any version of VMWare free? as far as i can see, it costs after 30 day evaluation.

jailbait · 09-16-2003, 08:38 PM

"what i mean with the partitioning thing, is that if i dont want the linux partition anymore, i can just delete the partition and rebuild it as a FaT32 for windows?"

Yes. You do not have to delete the partition before reformatting it to FAT32.

"is there a program which can change the boot master for my drive?"

Yes. You can use fdisk.

jailbait · 09-16-2003, 08:39 PM

"is any version of VMWare free?"

Not that I know of

gtxboyracer · 09-16-2003, 08:43 PM

How do i get rid of LILO or GRUB?
i had quite abit of trouble last time with it... i even had to go as far as re-installing windows, so it could fix it

synaptical · 09-16-2003, 08:55 PM

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Originally posted by gtxboyracer
How do i get rid of LILO or GRUB?
i had quite abit of trouble last time with it... i even had to go as far as re-installing windows, so it could fix it

fix /mbr from a windows 9x boot disk, or do "fixmbr" in the so-called repair console from booting to a 2k/XP CD.

gtxboyracer · 09-16-2003, 10:01 PM

thnx i will give linux a shot tonight hopefully

i will need to actually try and get my adsl working too.. anyone whom can help install a Internal DSL modem??