Us any linux instalable from windows?

Edward78

Edward78

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Ok so I was talking to my dad & he said you could. Not like the virtual drive stuff like winbutu does, a separate drive/partition. I know you can't just wanting a article to correct him.
 
You can do it two ways:

1) By installing as a dual boot system so you have the choice of booting into either Linux or Windows. This ifs not strictly speaking increasing from windows itself though.

2) By installing in a virtual machine (VM) inside Windows. For example install Virtualbox in Windows and then install Linux as a guest OS under Virtualbox. That way you boot into Windows and then start Linux inside it.

Edit: There's a third way too. By installing Cygwin under Windows you can run Linux shell commands under it.

I'm afraid your dad won.
 
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IIRC most distros will launch an install window when you insert the disk into a Windows machine, so you can install (dual boot) from inside Windows. I use Debian exclusively at work and VirtualBox for tinkering at home though, haven't dual booted for years
 
Hades said:
You can do it two ways:

1) By installing as a dual boot system so you have the choice of booting into either Linux or Windows. This ifs not strictly speaking increasing from windows itself though.

2) By installing in a virtual machine (VM) inside Windows. For example install Virtualbox in Windows and then install Linux as a guest OS under Virtualbox. That way you boot into Windows and then start Linux inside it.

Edit: There's a third way too. By installing Cygwin under Windows you can run Linux shell commands under it.

I'm afraid your dad won.
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No he said you could install linux on a separate drive/partition from windows, I knew you couldn't
 
I'm not quite sure what you are looking for then. Linux can be installed:

From within Windows on a virtual drive.
From within Windows as a guest OS using a virtual machine such as virtualbox.
On a separate partition or drive using dual boot.
As a separate OS on a hypervisor.

In really not sure what you're asking if they don't meet what you're looking for?
 
Edward78 said:
Ok so I was talking to my dad & he said you could. Not like the virtual drive stuff like winbutu does, a separate drive/partition. I know you can't just wanting a article to correct him.
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Yes you can. I've done this in the past (easily)
Install windows to main hard drive.
Disconnect windows drive and connect up "linux" drive
Install linux.

Connect both drives round, choose preferential drive to boot form in BIOS and hit F12 or whatever gives boot menu to choose which OS you want.

Job done.
 
Steveocee said:
Yes you can. I've done this in the past (easily)
Install windows to main hard drive.
Disconnect windows drive and connect up "linux" drive
Install linux.

Connect both drives round, choose preferential drive to boot form in BIOS and hit F12 or whatever gives boot menu to choose which OS you want.

Job done.
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You shouldn't even have to bugger about with disconnecting drives in most 'entry level' Linux distros (Ubuntu, Mint et al). Leave the drives connected, boot up into the install media. The installer GUI asks you if you want to cram it onto the existing Windows HDD or use another. So you use the other. Once the installer is done, it'll have configured the boot loader (probably GRUB) with the option to load your Linux distro or Windows.

Simples! *squeak*
 
JRS said:
You shouldn't even have to bugger about with disconnecting drives in most 'entry level' Linux distros (Ubuntu, Mint et al). Leave the drives connected, boot up into the install media. The installer GUI asks you if you want to cram it onto the existing Windows HDD or use another. So you use the other. Once the installer is done, it'll have configured the boot loader (probably GRUB) with the option to load your Linux distro or Windows.

Simples! *squeak*
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That was my reason for disconnecting the windows drive. I didn't want the GRUB loader. Doing it the way I mentioned, you remove the GRUB load as you kind of have 2 "primary" drives ready to rock.
 
Edward78 said:
No he said you could install linux on a separate drive/partition from windows, I knew you couldn't
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Just done this myself, couldn't find my usb pen and don't have any cd's sitting around for trying to install arch linux so wanted to install it while running windows - managed in the end running the live cd from a virtual machine but installed to an actual partition and now booting directly to it (dual booting with windows).
 
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