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Re: [LI] linux/win



jaju you just have to promise me that you will be here with me when I go to pick up,
partition, install o/s on and test my machine part by part.. Ketan, your coming in
will also be appreciated. Can you make it to pune some time?

Ravindra Jaju wrote:

> Hello Rohit.
>
> > Rohit wrote:
> <<snip>>
>
> > > I am buying a machine [choosing configuration myself] as follows..
> > >
> > > HDD - samsung 8Gb 7000+ rpm
> > > RAM - 64 Mb at 100 Hz SD
> > > Motherboard VIAbx at 100 Hz
> > > Video RAM - SiS / AGP 8 Mb
>
> I'd been out of touch with reality (i.e., with the LI mailing list) for
> quite some time.
>
> Are SiS cards (the 6215 one .. found everywhere) still the most talked
> about cards for that painful configuration and ....
>
> > > I plan to install Win95 and RH Linux 6. Following are the queries..
> > >
> > > 1. Will it be sufficient to partition the HDD first and then install Linux
> > > over one?
>
> That's the normal practice. Is there any other? You have to partition so
> as to have >1 OSes on your comp.
>
> > > 2. I believe in such LILO partitions, the Win95 side can not read Linux
> > > partition but the Linux partition can read/write on Win95, when run as root.
> > > Am I right?
>
> Win too can read .. there are some softwares. But I hear that they are not
> quite reliable. And as far as things go for me .. I'd _never_ trust a
> Winduhs application touching my Linux partition.
>
> > > 3. I could install Win NT 4 on the windows partition but I believe that Linux
> > > can not securely and safely share the NTFS. The idea was to leave 3 Gb on
> > > Linux side and keep development work on the Win partition itself so that the
> > > files are accessible to both the operating systems. NT was preferred for
> > > security and stability reasons. Please clarify if the NT and Linux can be
> > > installed so as to enable Linux r/w on the win partition?
>
> The 2.2 kernel gives you an option to have a r/w access to the NT
> partition .. with a *clear* warning that it's very much risky!
>
> I don't use NT or windows ... anyone more experienced can enlighten us.
>
> > > 4. For 41k rupees, will this configuration run games, occasionally,
> > > Sound/graphics/movies  at full resolution and support fast working on GIMP? Or
> > > should I go for a more powerful system.
> >
>
> Should be decent. But I'd definitely go for 128 MB RAM ... it's worth it.
> 'cos once you start using many applications simultaneously (which you are
> tempted to since Linux seems to run them all effortlessly), swapping to HD
> might start from where onwards, the system starts slowing down a bit.
>
> Of course ... these are not expert opinions. I wrote because I have just
> joineX-Mozilla-Status: 0009ls nice to be back again.
>
> --jaju
>
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