Oh dear!!

[WoZZeR]

I am going to download umbungo or whatever it's called tomorrow and have a bash at installing it on another partition so I can duel boot.

Will Linux SMP be OK on an E6700.

Just fancy a week of Windows Folding and a week of Linux Folding to compare.

Post your super geeky Linux SMP tips here (If they are not in the FAQ's).....

 

[WoZZeR]

I've got 2Gb of Ram, Shuttles often have problems with 4Gb. Is that enough?

 

[WoZZeR]

Excellent, thanks for that, I shall start downloading in the morning, geekdom beckons.....

 

[WoZZeR]

It's downloading, got to nip out and buy some cd's now !!!

Call me a newbie if you like, I take it I need the 64 bit version ?

 

[WoZZeR]

Thanks for the tips and instructions, much appreciated.

However, I am a devoted minimalist, the thought of Linux running in a virtual machine in Windows XP fills me with minimalist dread.

So contrary to the esteemed advice of my fellow folders, I am going to do a pukka Linux install and have a duel boot system.

This is doubtless going to be problematic, but a great opportunity to broaden my computing horizons.

This is France so another 2 hours before the shops reopen after lunch and I can buy some CD's.

 

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This post is wriiten from inside ubuntu, or as I prefer to call it umbungo.

Everything went swimmingly until I tried to reboot, it hasn't recognised the 2 Raptors I have in RAID 1 so it partitioned just one of them..................

I'll toodle over to the OS forum and see if I can get my RAID 1 back without losing my XP install................

Oh, and Cob, the plan is to use Umbungo 22/7 and just use XP for my couple of hours of gaming in the evenings. Unless of course the PPD is lower in which case I shall revert to XP, it's an experiment.