[GRASSLIST:8903] Re: Off Topic (Somewhat): Most commonly supported Linux Distro for Gr ass usage?

[Richard Greenwood]

On 11/4/05, Patton, Eric <epatton at nrcan.gc.ca> wrote:
> This is somewhat off-topic, I apologize. I am seriously considering
> partitioning my hard drive to be able to run Linux on my workstation. Can
> anyone who has done this recommend the 'best' method (i.e., least likely to
> destroy my hard drive) of doing this? Partition Magic seems to get high
> scores when Googled. But I would prefer using an open-source tool for doing
> this, I'm just apprehensive about software stability.

Have you considered VMWare? It would allow you to run Linux inside a
virtual machine. It dynamicially resizes its virtual disks, so you
don't have to figure out a partition size in advance. And it allows
network communication between the virtual machine and the host
machine. So your data can stay on an NTFS partition (of FAT) and you
mount that drive in your Linux machine. VMware is very stable. Only
down side is that it's a bit spendy.

Rich

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