dual booting xp and ubuntu 1

[alpinetech]

is there a way to dual boot both of these os's in real time so i can switch back and forth between the two. i know you can do it with a virtual pc software like vmware. just wondering if anyone knows other methods.

ryan

 

[noobtechie]

No you can't, you can only boot it from an already booted OS, VMWare, Virtual PC 2007 is free

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx

You can boot it from Ubuntu and then run windows apps in wine, or just boot it from XP then run one those two programs to boot it to Ubuntu. I'm guessing you have a program in XP that you cannot run in Ubuntu? Itunes? games? photo editing software?

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Hope this helps.

 

[BadBigBen]

Info: VMware can be installed under LINUX (be it Ubunto, Knoppix, SuSE, or Debian), there you can install Windows (ALL), another Linux Distro (both Kernel versions 2.4.x and 2.6.x), FreeBSD, and a few others (Sun OS)...

if you have Windows already natively installed, then go with the freebee (Virtual PC), otherwise go with VMware (costs)...

Wine, in my experience, is not as versatile as VMware, ergo most games will not work... GFX intense Games may not function under VMware (have not tested)...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[alpinetech]

If i install ubunto as my main OS then have windows xp through vmware.. would it be sluggish if i use adobe photoshop and dreamweaver?

 

[noobtechie]

When running VPC or VMWare you can assign how much virtual memory you want to run your virtual OS in, if you have a fairly new system, you should be okay. If you go with the Ubuntu OS first then boot to Windows, you can assign more memory to windows since Ubuntu is not a memory hug.

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Hope this helps.

 

[BadBigBen]

Like NOOBTECHIE mentioned, it should be okay (not sluggish) if the architecture of the PC is fairly new and you have alot of MEM, I suggest 2gb+, that would leave you with lots to spare, ie. 1GB for Ubuntu and 1GB for Windows ...

I am running VMWare on an older Cellie (2.8ghz) and most progs are running fine, although I have not tested Dreamweaver nor Photoshop, prolly kill me since I only have 1GB installed I get bottlenecked a few times (not enough MEM for the GUEST at times)...

hope this helps...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."