[PIGMI] Php, MySQL, JavaScript with Linux

[Jason Hutchens]

For ultra-simple try-before-you-buy, without partitioning, extra drives or
VMs, there's always Wubi: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide

Jas.

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Cameron Royal <cameron at sandboxsoftware.net
> wrote:

> I tried going down the multiple OS on the same drive with partitions road
> once. It just isn't worth the time or effort, especially when it comes time
> to reinstall.
>
> Hard disks are so cheap these days, buy a new one, install onto a fresh
> drive and let the OS do whatever it wants to the partition table.
>
> Or a VM - I second VirtualBox being reasonable for the price (free).
> -
> Cam
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Will Dowling <will at autodeist.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm going through an OReilly book and at some stage I need to set up a
>>> Linux box.  I have 2 PC's and a Mac.  Is it possibly to make one Linux
>>> without nuking the existing OS on one of the machines?
>>>
>>
>> The bootcamp tool under OSX will convert your partition table to MBR
>> format, resize your existing HFS+ partition to make way for a DOS/Windows
>> partition and set the startup disk to CD/Windows.
>>
>> So run the bootcamp app then you should be able to reboot, hit alt on boot
>> and select your linux cd to install from.
>>
>> Hope this (makes sense and) helps.
>>
>>
>> Will Dowling
>>
>> T: +61 (0407) 421 559
>> F: +61 (08) 6364 4881
>> E: will at autodeist.com
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