te27ch Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Hopefully this isn't a total n00b question, but... Could you have 2 separate HDs, one for Windows, one for Linux? So instead of doing all this partition business, i could pick which HD i wanted to use? If so, would there be something in the BIOS that would see there are 2 HDs, and give me a choice, or what? Just asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLord60 Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Yes you can but would someone else care to explain cause its really a pain in the arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
te27ch Posted December 8, 2003 Author Share Posted December 8, 2003 Ahh so perhaps just having one drive with the partitions is more worth it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acrylic Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Originally posted by te27ch Ahh so perhaps just having one drive with the partitions is more worth it? Thats what I did. It really wasnt that hard either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoguePhotonic Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 I used to have that..one one each drive...on boot up it will ask which window's to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 See what kind of partition a Linux machine can run on, since you can do it rather easily through the NT/2K/XP boot menu. A better option is to first install Linux on the 2nd hard drive, then for XP (If that is what you intend to use) to be second. It SHOULD create a boot menu for you, but don't be totally sure of that. Check on somewhere a little more hard core than here at the swamp for Windows/Linux dual boot. I am sure if you google for that, you will find plenty of answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_One Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 I was reading not so long ago, Intel are developing a new chip that is capable of running 2 OS's at the same time ie. you can have Windows and Linux running together, and easily switch between them. Looked interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCanr2d2 Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Sounds like a bit of a fallacy to me. With the P4, the "hyper threading" gives the appearance in most cases to the PC that there is two processors, not one. Perhaps this is what they were on about. Technically a dual CPU PC, with two OS's written properly could do what you mention. Don't expect this available commercially, could even be part of the 64-bit Itanium line of chips, but still doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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