[dundee] Installation of Linux

[Nicholas Walker]

You might also end up having a low life length on your pen drive. Solid
state drives only have a certain number of writes until they quit working.
It's normally a huge number, so not normally something to worry about, but
running a VM off it may dramatically increase the usage on it.

On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Robert Ladyman <it at file-away.co.uk> wrote:

> There are some hints and tips on dual-booting with Vista:-
>
> http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT2094892904.html
>
> You could also bring the machine along on Thursday and collar a techie to
> do
> it for you.
>
> RJL
>
> On Saturday 21 February 2009 10:30:16 SEEBERG, SABINE wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I even could not install Linux on my notebook until now.
> > Using Windows Vista it seems to be not possible to use Linux at the same
> > time. One of the Chris offered me his help, but he seems to be to often
> too
> > stoned to manage it. ;O) I always wonder how people in this tough world
> can
> > manage without having a really clear and sharp awareness and mind. As i
> > always like to help myself as much as possible, I decided to get an
> > external memory - I assume a 2 GIG memory will do - and save the virtual
> > machine and the linux program on it and work with it from there. Assume
> it
> > will be a bit slow, but I don't have an other solution right now.
>
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>
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Nick Walker
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