Stephen why the external drive vrs a virtual drive using virtual box
or VMWare? Just seeing if you have something cool you can do with it I
have not thought of.
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Stephen <
cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
> So far all great suggestions. If you can afford it i would suggest a
> new/extra HDD for your Linux install and setting it to be your first
> drive (after you install windows with the "spare drive" unplugged
>
> That way you have a drive you can torture and alter to your hearts
> content, and you don't have to worry about breaking the boot sector on
> your win7 install. It is not repairable, you can back it up with any
> number of tools (i like clonezilla)
>
> and for a bistro to learn with, Depending on your personal technical
> masochism you can install Gentoo. It made me want to chuck my computer
> out the window during install, but when i was done I knew a great deal
> more about the underbelly of Linux, and Gentoo is pretty well
> documented.
>
> but the extra HDD i think is a very good suggestion. especially when learning.
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