A Linux question....

[punpirate]

I have a computer I bought from a defunct former employer, which is currently running NT 4.0.

I've been thinking of stripping everything out of it and installing some version of Linux, but got to thinking (because it includes a copy of a rather high-end solid modeling program I could still use), that it might be better to create a dual-boot Linux partition.

That said, would it be better for the Linux installation to do this on a separate drive, or on a new partition of the existing drive (there's a fair amount of space left on the original drive)?

And, of course, if anyone has advice on the best of the latest Linux versions, I'd enjoy hearing of them, too.

Cheers.

[cprise]

1. I would use a partition on the 1st drive

Try these:

Progeny

Knoppix

Mandrake


My favorite is Xandros, but it costs $40.

[burrowowl]

2. Do it on a separate drive

Don't be a cheapskate, we all know how Windoze can f**k-up things.
All that spare room can be used to create and store marvels with the modeling program.
We don't want the Windoze Wizard to think Linux is a bad version of Windoze and f**k with it, do we now?
To really create a hard partitions as opposed to a soft partition, you have to reinitialize the HD. Go prowl around Linux sites.

[burrowowl]

3. KICK!

Or is M$ just cozy and has no faults!
Linux people where are you?

[Syrinx]

4. I have Linux on a separate drive, but either way is cool

I've done it both ways, and no problems either way.

[burrowowl]

5. Really?

Hard partition/software partition.
But separate drive wins?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

6. Yes it works fine either way

but I just like putting it on a separate drive.

[burrowowl]

7. Always safer

n'est-ce pas.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

8. It's easier to swap drives into different machines and stuff like that

[punpirate]

9. Good point. Thanks. n/t